Isbn: 9780394568430 - River of Heaven (21 results)

Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The River of Heaven was awarded the 1987 Lamont Poetry Prize of the Academy of American Poets for a distinguished second book of poems (judges: Philip Booth, Alfred Corn, Mary Oliver). In it Garrett Hongo has drawn from his unusual background (born in Volcano, Hawaii, of Japanese ancestry, and educated in California at Pomona) to provide the materials for poems that would be highly exotic were they not infused with a level-headed sense of realism and a strong feeling that mundane realities are perfectly natural material for the poetry of our time. Here, Garrett Hongo transforms his mundane realities into elegant poetry. The volcanoes of Hawaii, the gritty urban streets of Los Angeles, a California beach after the death of his father--the places of Garrett Hongo's past metamorphose into a poetry that is compelling and immediate.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Verry Good. First Edition. Octavo, 9 1/2" tall, 67 pages. A very good, clean, neat hard cover first edition with light shelf wear, a slight cant to the spine; hinges and binding tight, paper cream white, slight foxing to the fore-edges. In a very good, lightly worn dust jacket with the original price.…

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book in black boards has mildly bumped bottom corners, spine, tight and unmarked. Unclipped jacket in new mylar cover has minor wear. Previous owner's long thin address label at top of ffep. Triangular piece of paper with author's signature is taped to half-title page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. HONGO, GARRETT: The River of Heaven Knopf Second Edition HB 1988 ISBN 0394568435 (Lamar Poetry Selection for 1987 of the Academy of American Poets) NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE age toning to wrappers, dust jacket protected in archival mylar.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 67pp.; HB blk.emboss w/copper; slight rub w/clean,tight pgs. DJ blk.w/white&yellow-pic.cover; slight rub. "The Lamont Poetry Selection For 1987" signed. Signed & Inscribed By Author.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by the author. This copy is from the personal library of author N. Scott Momaday - it is inscribed to his wife Barbara. First edition. Hardcover in jacket. Clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Light wear. Additional photos available upon request. Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. A tocuh of foxing on the page edges else near fine in fine dust jacket. Card laid in of "With the Compliments of The Academy of American Poets, 1987 Lamont Poetry Selection.".

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. Second book of poems by this writer - born in Hawaii of Japanese ancestry and educated in California. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1987. Cover praise from Maxine Hong Kingston. INSCRIBED on the half title page. 67 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by author on Half title page in black pen, "for Barbara Torpy, who weaves light arrows the River of Heaven, w/ love & aloha from Garrett 16 June '89 Volcano" First edition stated. 6 1/4 x 9 1/2 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; text free of marks, appears unread. Dust jacket ($16.95) has mild toning to flaps and minor toning to rear cover. Color sharp. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s). …

Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. Second book of poems by this writer - born in Hawaii of Japanese ancestry and educated in California. SIGNED on the title page. The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1987. Cover praise from Maxine Hong Kingston. 67 pp. Near fine in a very near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Fine in a slightly toned very good dust jacket with light rubbing, a faint crease on the front panel and minor edgewear. Card laid in: "With the Compliments of The Academy of American Poets, The 1987 Lamont Poetry Selection." Author's second book of poetry.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine in very near fine dustwrapper with a little sunning on the front panel. 1987 Lamont Poetry Selection.

Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. (1st, 1987 Lamont Poetry Selection) Large, sturdy, thinner book, quality black cloth, 67 pages. DJ beneath mylar, glossy black front and spine background, a color-illustration of koi pond center front, a photo of poet at center back. DJ and book, As New.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with some toning.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Topedge lightly foxed, near fine in a slightly rubbed very good dust jacket with a couple small creases on the front panel and front flap, a bit of toning and a lightly sunned spine. Card laid in of "With the Compliments of The Academy of American Poets, The 1987 Lamont Poetry Selection." Author's second book of poetry.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with rear panel and flaps tanned. Card laid in of "With the Compliments of The Academy of American Poets, 1987 Lamont Poetry Selection.".

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 67 pages. Hardcover SIGNED BY AUTHOR to title page, with the words, "Bread Loaf, '97". Black cloth covered boards with red printed titles to spine. Original dust jacket with full color illustration, protected with a plastic cover. Tight binding, sharp corners, clean & unmarked throughout. A nice copy. Record # 6670091.…