Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Good dust jacket. A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
Language: English
Published by Beacon Press, Boston, 1971
ISBN 10: 0807064149 ISBN 13: 9780807064146
First Edition
Hardcover. xii, 81p., illustrations, first expanded Beacon Press edition in cloth-backed boards, very good condition in a price-clipped dust jacket with a sunned spine panel. African American poet. Originally published in shorter form in 1967.
Language: English
Published by Beacon Press, Boston, 1971
Seller: David Gaines, Eureka, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Boards (HB) in as new condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition. In Brodart plastic wrapper.First edition, first printing. Includes photographs. Preface by Ruth Whitman. His first regularly published book of poetry. The title poem was published earlier in paperback in 1966. He was Boston Poet Laureate between 2008 and 2013. 81 pages.
Language: English
Published by Beacon Press, Boston, 1971
ISBN 10: 0807064149 ISBN 13: 9780807064146
Hardcover. xii, 81p., first expanded Beacon Press edition, review slip laid in, very good condition in an unclipped dust jacket with a sunned spine panel. African American poet.
Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good++. Frontis. Preface by Ruth Whitman. xii. 81pp. Brown cloth spine with bright gilt title and biege textured paper over boards with blind trade mark on front board. Yellow Dust Jacket. Price tag glue residual on f.f.p. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. VG plus beige octavo hardcover in a like, priced and glassine covered dj. No names or markings to text. 8vo. 81pp. Poetry.
Language: English
Published by Baltimore, MD, 1967
Seller: Inklings Bookstore, Bedford, IN, U.S.A.
Book very thin and has a staple binding. PB book in vg condition. Edges of pages and cover are lightly worn. Some discoloration in a thin band along spine. Inside of book has clean and clear pages. Please see photos attached and feel free to reach out with questions about this title.
Published by Beacon Press, 1971, 1971
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, first printing Fine bright tan boards in very good dust jacket with some light scuff to spine. An important book by this poet. The book was purchased from The Grolier Bookstore of Cambridge, Massachusetts with its receipt tucked in.
Language: English
Published by Beacon Press, 1971
Seller: Gumshoe Books, Columbia, SC, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Author's inscription on title page. Clean pages. Binding is tight. This book shows minimal sign of wear to the cover, binding, or pages. The book is inscribed by Author. Dust jacket condition is Good. Secure packaging for safe delivery. signed and inscribed by author.
Condition: NEAR FINE. First printing. African American author's first regularly published collection of poetry (a chapbook of the same name was published in 1966.) SIGNED on the title page. Cornish was named as Boston's first Poet Laureate in 2008. Preface by Ruth Whitman. Illustrated with photographs. 81 pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket (stamp and old price on endpaper, light stamp on dj, but otherwise tight, and very clean.).
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Inscribed by author on title page. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. xii, 81 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. *Autographed by author.*. Signed.
Language: English
Published by Boston: Beacon Press, 1971, Boston, 1971
ISBN 10: 0807064149 ISBN 13: 9780807064146
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author on title page. 51/2x81/2. 84 pages. Preface by Ruth Whitman. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Beacon Press, Boston, 1971
Seller: Beasley Books, ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall (5 x 9" or 13.5 x 22.5cm); 78 pp.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 81 pages; Signed by Cornish on the title page and a gift inscription on title page also. ; Signed by Author.
Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing. African American author's first regularly published collection of poetry (a chapbook of the same name was published in 1966.) SIGNED on the title page. Cornish was named as Boston's first Poet Laureate in 2008. Preface by Ruth Whitman. Illustrated with photographs. 81 pp. Fine in a very good dustjacket (spine faded on dj, pc.).
Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page. No date stated; ca. 1967. Owner's name on inside. (poem, poetry, baltimore, local author).
Published by Beacon Press, [Boston], 1971
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); 3/4 blind-stamped paper over brown cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; 81pp, [3]. Old rubber-stamped price to front endpaper, remainder mark to lower edge of text, slight foxing to upper edge, else Near Fine in a Near Fine, lightly dusty jacket. Collection of photo-illustrated poems, billed as the author's first book, though Cornish had previously published a chapbook of the same title in 1967. With a preface by Ruth Whitman.
Published by Beacon Press, (Boston), 1971
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Preface by Ruth Whitman. Foxing on the top page edge and endpapers else near fine in a near fine dust jacket with toning on the spine.
Published by Beacon Press, (US), 1971
ISBN 10: 0807064149 ISBN 13: 9780807064146
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 77pp. Fine in near fine, spine faded dustwrapper with some light soiling to the panels. Inscribed by the author to Barry Beckham.
Published by Beacon Press, (Boston), 1971
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Preface by Ruth Whitman. A remainder mark on the top page edge else fine in a fine dust jacket.
Condition: Very Good. 1/0/00 Binding: Unknown Book Descritpion: Multi-Service, Baltimore, MD, 1967. Stapled paperback. Second Printing. Book Condition: Used - Good. Cover signed by author. Also signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.
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