Root William Pitt (160 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 62 pages; minor edgewear to cover; a few minor creases to cover; a number of minor scratches to cover; weighs 4.5 ounces; measures 9 by 6 by .25 inches; 073114; poems of tender awe and Rilkean praise erasing completely the divisions between man and beast, poems that invite the reader upon their back and carry him across buttes and vistas, arroyos and sheer cliff shimmy holes, poems whose music is wound so tight that the stitches and sinews disappear and all that remains is the pure imagination made manifest and majestic. …

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Condition: Very Good. Trade Paperback. Printed orange and gray wrappers with spine fading extending onto the adjacent cover edges, light surface rubbing and minor edge and corner wear. Binding secure. Light age toning to pages and page edges. Ownership name in ink on half-title; occasional small pencil ticks on contents pages. Includes contents, a list of the author's other works, and an author portrait on the rear cover. Listing photos show the exact copy included in this sale. American nature poetry combining vivid animal and landscape imagery with dreamlike free verse and spiritual reflection. Short lyrics and longer sequences connect physical sensation with questions of mortality, perception, and the sacred. "Like Hills. Like Water" portrays a bull through muscular imagery and metaphor; "Sweat" evokes the heat and darkness of a sweat lodge; "To Walk Across" uses biblical imagery to consider body and mind. Repetition, shifting line lengths, and irregular stanza arrangements shape the poems' rhythms. Five sections encompass travel, predation, dreams, and contemplative songs, with beauty and compassion alongside danger and unease. Part of the Pitt Poetry Series.…

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Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Signed by author on title page. Inscribed by author on front endpage.

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover in overall good shape with general wear. Bindings firm and square. clean throughout.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 86 pages, trade paperback, first paperback printing. Book is in Very Good condition. 082203A.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. BE1 - An ex-library first edition hardcover book SIGNED by author in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket has wrinkling, chipping, and few tiny tears on the edges and corners, some scattered wrinkling and crease, light tanning and shelf wear. Book has library markings (labels, stamping, cardholder, etc.), some tape stains on the cover, glue stains on the free endpapers, light discoloration and shelf wear. A collection of poetry by a noted American poet. The author is a winner of a Wallace Stegner Writing Fellowship at Stanford University and grants from the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. 8.5"x5.75", 88 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Ex-Library.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Tight and square trade paperback. Clean pages throughout. Stated first edition. The price has been blacken out on the back of wrap.

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Paperback. Condition: New. In this first major collection in nearly a decade from a revered American poet, William Pitt Root concerns himself with those extremes-spiritual, physical, or both-at which social and cultural forms disintegrate, leaving the individual as an unshielded witness to transitioning miracles that induce a state of awe that cannot be diminished, diverted, or ignored. In poem after poem, Root compels the reader to discover that these key moments require the heart to open and the mind to still in order to fully accept whatever results, whether it is to suffer inconsolably or to discover new facets of wisdom. With an imagery that is by turns beautiful, tender, provocative, and terrifying, this collection signals the triumphant return of a poet of national renown.…