Published by Atheneum, 1972
Seller: Before Your Quiet Eyes, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. The author signed this 76 page volume on the title page. There is a "Surplus-3 Library of Congress" stamp in blue on the front free end paper of this green cloth covered volume with gilt lettering on the spine. It is a stated First Edition and presents as lightly toned throughout. The dust jacket has chips, tears, creases, folds and areas of small paper loss-mostly to the upper edge of the rear panel. The dust jacket is currently protected by a clear removable cover. The author won The Lamont Poetry Selection for 1971 for the writing in this book. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Atheneum, New York, 1971
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in green cloth, in a Very Near Fine blue and olive dustwrapper, not price-clipped. Slight dulling of olive spine, with minutest wear to crown, a short invisible tear. 76pp. with errata slip laid in. Winner of the Lamont Award. This copy SIGNED (no inscription) by Dobyns on the title page. Poet's first trade book following a pamphlet a few years earlier. Q19580.