9780246974396 - The Lice by W S Merwin (6 results)

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Jacket has small nick on edge of back cover. Jacket spine sunned.

Brown Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First British Edition. (x), 80pp, 1p about the author, pages clean and crisp, dark brown top stain, brown cloth with gilt spine lettering, unclipped dust jacket has minimal wear to edges. Size: 8 x 5.5 Inches. Poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First UK Edition. First impression of the true first edition. ***Near fine in brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Pages clean. No foxing. No inscriptions. Spine tight. ***In a near fine bronze, black and white titled dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's price of 25s net to bottom of front jacket flap. Extremities of dustwrapper very slightly creased and rubbed. No tears. Dustwrapper clean and bright. 204mm x 134mm. 80 pages plus a note about the poet to the rear. ***W. S. Merwin won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2009 and is now recognized as an important poet. ***'---Merwin's new style has indeed come to flower in The Lice. Throughout this book one discovers again and again a startling image, freshness in the handling of rhythm, the recognition of the potentialities of a word. Though he incorporates a variety of techniques there remains nonetheless a compelling unity within the collection. The poems mirror the poet's concerns: mutability, time and death.'' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first UK edition, complete in its original dustwrapper in extremely nice, bright, clean collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First British Edition. Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket, some creases on inside flaps and top spine edge. Stated "First published in Great Britain in 1969" on copyright page.

Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition.

**SIGNED & DATED** First impression of the true first edition. Fine condition, fine dust jacket, best copy that I could find. In a brown cloth-covered boards with gilt titles to spine. Pages clean. No foxing. No inscriptions. Spine tight. In a fine bronze, black and white titled dustwrapper that has not been price-clipped, showing the original publisher's price of 25s net to bottom of front jacket flap. Extremities of dustwrapper very slightest bit creased on the front and back exterior boards. Dust wrapper clean and bright. 204mm x 134mm. 80 pages plus a note about the poet to the rear. W. S. Merwin won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 2009 and is now recognized as an important poet. -Merwin's new style has indeed come to flower in The Lice. Throughout this book one discovers again and again a startling image, freshness in the handling of rhythm, the recognition of the potentialities of a word. Though he incorporates a variety of techniques there remains nonetheless a compelling unity within the collection. The poems mirror the poet's concerns: mutability, time and death.'' (Quote from inside front of dustwrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first UK edition, complete in its original dustwrapper, bright, clean rare collectable condition.