Note by Richard Howard (10 results)

Wraps. Condition: Good. First edition. 8vo, 70 pp. Wrappers sunned, handled and edgeworn; corners lightly bumped, foxing to page edges and margins of first and last few leaves, previous owner name stamp inside front cover offsetting to halftitle.

Condition: FINE. First printing. His first collection of poems, which includes many dramatic monologues. Introduction by Richard Howard. xi, 68 pp. Fine in a very near fine dust jacket .

First edition SIGNED. Very close to fine and bright glossy wraps with bright text throughout. From a scholar's library with notations. Signed by the author Norman Dubie.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. English Edition. Paperback. 21x13cm. x+67 pages. Flat spine. Front cover has a top corner crease. Clean & tight book. Inside front cover has a written name. No other inscriptions. Dispatched Royal Mail TRACKED 24 next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref ZX-crw. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by Simic on the front end page in ink to the poet Linda (Pastan) and dated December 6, 1973. A nice association copy. Stated first printing. Moderate wear to the covers, foxing to the page edges, pages thumbed. Author's first full-length collection of poetry. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Full natural linen with paper spine label, 4to., 80 pages. One of 225 press-numbered copies printed by Harry Duncan from Bembo and Romulus Open initials on Indian Grand Moghul handmade paper. Minute paper imperfection at title page, linen edges discolorered at paste-downs, just a trace of soiling to covers, still a very presentable, attractive, very good copy in archival mylar.…

First Edition. 8vo A very nice copy, with the author's Signed Presentation Inscription on the title page, in a slightly worn dust-wrapper.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. Very Good+ dust jacket. First Edition. Octavo. x, 50 pp. First edition, first printing. As issued, in golden cloth and dust jacket. A very bright copy with top corners of both boards very slightly bumped; dust jacket is fresh with price intact on the front flap. A very nice first printing hard cover of Bidart's first book of poetry. Bridart is a critically acclaimed poet with awards including the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. This copy from the library of novelist John Barth with his name on the front free endpaper. Acclaimed writer and National Book Award-winner for his 1973 novel Chimera. An interesting association copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Abattoir Editions/The University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE. 1975. 80 pgs. No. 8 of a limited edition of 225 copies. First Edition/First Printing. Bound in white linen cloth and illustrated paper covered boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Selection of poems from 1907-1926, a revised edition of Holding Out Poems rendered from the German of Rainer Maria Rilke by Rika Lesser, with A Note by Richard Howard, which originally came out from Abattoir Editions in February 1976, having been printed by hand in an edition of two hundred and twenty-five copies during the spring and summer of the centennial of Rilke's birth at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. In the fine-press edition, the type face is Bembo with Romulus Open initials, the paper Grand Moghul hand made in India. The hand of the printer belonged to Harry Duncan. The book was beautiful and out of print by the end of the year. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Octavo. x, 50 pp. First edition, first printing, signed by Bidart on the title page. One of two issues of the first edition, this is the trade paperback edition. A fairly nice copy with some light wear to the covers; contents are clean. A very nice first printing softcover of Bidart's first book of poetry signed him on the title page. Bridart is a critically acclaimed poet with awards including the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.…