Tape for Turn of the Year by Archie Ammons, First Edition, Published in 1972 by W. W. Norton in Hardcover Format.

A. R. Ammons

Published by W. W. Norton, NYC, 1972

About this Item

A. R. Ammon's book of poetry, "Tape for the Turn of the Year" was first published by Cornell University Press. This 1972 edition was published by agreement with Cornell by W. W. Norton in the Norton Library. It is the First Paperback Edition, with number line to that effect. It's an unusual work; on the rear cover of the book is a quote from a review by Harold Bloom : "A. R Ammons originally wrote this long, thin poem - a journal of the period December 6, 1963 to January 10, 1964 - on a roll of adding-machine tape, then transferred it foot by dogged foot to transcript.

This, the most surprising formal invention of a major innovator, is the fullest vision Ammons gives us of his enormous creative enterprise. Among the major descendants of Whitman's 'Song of Myself', 'Tape' occupies an essential imaginative space, showing us much about what is essential in the American poetic Imagination."

SERIES : Norton Library
TITLE : Tape for the Turn of the Year
AUTHOR : A. A. Ammons (Archie Randolph Ammons , 1926 - 2001)
IMPRINT : W. W. Norton
PLACE : New York
DATE : 1972
EDITION : First Paperback Edition, First Norton Edition
STATUS : [There seems to be a lot of online confusion in the many listings for this title, which was later reprinted. Cornell University took out the copyright in 1965, and then, in 1972, Norton arranged with Cornell for the publication of this edition, which is the First Norton Edition - and also the First Paperback Edition. Original publisher's price printed on front cover.]

Trade paperback; 205 pages; 5 1/16" x 7 11/16"; photo-pictorial wraps, glued. Cover photo of twigs against snow by John Benedict.

CONDITION -- VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book which remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted :

EXTERIOR - Mild surface rub; slight toning to text-block edges and to spine surface; a shallow cease to the bottom fore-edge corner of the back cover . basically clean and bright
BINDING - Solid
INTERIOR - Clean and free of marking. No signatures.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Tape for Turn of the Year by Archie Ammons, First Edition, Published in 1972 by W. W. Norton in Hardcover Format.
• Publisher: W. W. Norton, NYC
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: John Benedict (Photograph)
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 7W x 10H x 3D inches 7 inches width by 10 inches height by 3 inches depth
• Weight: 1 pound
• Seller catalogs:
  • American Authors
  • FIRST EDITIONS (Includes 1st Printings, 1st Pap...
  • Poetry