One of 40 limited copies signed by Gallagher on the title page. Her sixth book.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
3 A.m. Kitchen: My Father Talking
Accomplishment
Bird-window-flying
Black Ships
Black Silk
Boat Ride
Candle, Lamp, & Firefly
The Cloudy Shoulders Of The Horses
Conversation With A Fireman From Brooklyn
Crepes Flambeau
Death Of The Horses By Fire
Devotion: That It Flow; That There Be Concentration
Each Bird Walking
Eating The Sparrows
From Dread In The Eyes Of Horses
Grey Eyes
The Hug
I Save Your Coat, But You Lose It Later
I Take Care Of You: A Lantern Dashes By In The Grass
In That Time When It Was Not The Fashion
The Kneeling One
Legacy
Linoleum
Not There
Painted Steps
Reading Aloud
The Shirts
Skylights
Some Painful Butterflies Pass Through
Some With Wings, Some With Manes
Stopping Place
Sudden Journey
Tableau Vivant
Unanswered Letter
Unsteady Yellow
View From An Empty Chair
What Cathal Said
Willingly
Woodcutting On Lost Mountain
You Talk On Your Telephone; I Talk On Mine
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Seller: J.F. Wickwire Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing. A fine copy of the first printing of the hardcover edition with 14 of Kees' short stories in this collected edition, including his classic "The Ceremony". Very Good+ dust jacket has minor shelf wear at top and bottom of spine, a very short closed tear and associated chip at lower corner of front panel, and sunning to spine. Seller Inventory # 001285
Seller: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 4610926-75
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 1190294-6
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second printing. Edited and with an introduction by Dana Gioia. Jacket illustration by the author. Modest foxing on topedge and spine, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a few small scratches and minor edgewear. Of the 40 short stories that Kees published between 1934 and 1945, these are 14 of his best. Seller Inventory # 498558
Seller: No Alternative Books, Greenfield, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Limited edition, #18/40, signed by the author on title page. Hard cover, missing dust jacket. See photos for condition. Hard cover boards are toned a bit on top edge - otherwise, in excellent condition. Light pencil on top of first blank endsheet. Text is in excellent condition - pages appear clean and clear of highlighting, writing, markings, underlining, or notable damage or staining. Binding tight. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1722624950809
Seller: Flips Fine Books, Greensboro, GA, U.S.A.
hardcover. First Printing [trade issue]. off-white cloth w/ rust paper boards; author's initials stamped in gilt on front, gilt lettering on spine; 12-page intro by Gioia; 14 stories (culled from anthologies & mags); 147 pgs w/ chronology; red-orange, illus dust jacket w/ $14.00 on front flap, author photo from Poetry mag at back; stories collected here for the first time; small 1st hardbound printing, w/ simultaneous pbk ed. edited by Dana Gioia. jacket art, 'The Centaur', by Weldon Kees, photographed by Deanne Fitzmaurice. fine copy in fine dust jacket w/ orig shrinkwrap. Seller Inventory # 382
Seller: Barner Books, New Paltz, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed limited edition hardcover with jacket. This is number 3/40, first printing stated. Graywolf Press, 1984. Book has no other marks or writing, and binding is sound. Bright gilt on spine and front cover, very faint foxing to top edge of page block. Jacket is not price clipped, with some small closed tears at top edge. Now in Brodart cover to prevent further damage. Seller Inventory # 013123002
Seller: Chequamegon Books, Washburn, WI, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st printing. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4", 92 pages, #33 of 40, first edition, signed by author on title page. #33/40 copies. Signed. Seller Inventory # 134214
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. SIGNED by the author in black ink on the title page. Hand numbered limitation ("22/40") also in black ink on the title page. 92pp. Small quarto [23.5cm]; quarter teal green cloth and cream colored paper over boards. Gold stamping on front board and spine. Cream colored endpapers. In the original pictorial dust jacket. Only one tiny tear (measuring less than 1cm) to bottom edge of the jacket and very light, nearly unnoticeable sunning at spine of both jacket and book, else Fine. Previous owner's name (a noted Pacific Northwest poet and collector) is neatly written in black ink on the front free endpaper. A nice copy. Tess Gallagher "is wholly engaged in evoking the ordinary and the sublime, and in showing us how they weave together." Graywolf Press was founded in 1974, in Port Townsend, Washington, by Scott Walker. Graywolf was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 1984, and then later in 1985, thanks in part to generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts and from local philanthropic organizations, they moved to Minnesota (Graywolf Press). First edition. First printing statement on the copyright page followed by a number line starting with 2. Limited edition (#22 of 40 hand numbered copies). Seller Inventory # 70789
Seller: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Seller Inventory # Q-0915308452