Grace Notes by Rita, Signed (6 results)

Hardcover. xiii, 73p., personal inscription signed by Dove dated 1992, remainder mark on bottom edge else a very good first edition, first printing stated in cloth boards and price-clipped red dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine (price-clipped). First Edition/First Printing. This copy of "Grace Notes: Poems" has been SIGNED by Rita Dove on the title page! Her fourth book of poems--her first since winning the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in poetry--Rita Dove expands her role as a leading voice in contemporary American letters. The title of the collection serves as an umbrella for the intimate concerns expressed in the forty-eight poems; in music, grace notes are those added to the basic melody, the embellishments that--if played or sung at the right moment with just the right touch--can break your heart. Grading of the dust jacket is due to being price-clipped (otherwise "Fine".). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Signed & dated gift inscription from author Rita Dove to "Sandy" on title page. Stated First Edition with complete number line. Dust jacket shows some light shelf wear, especially around edges and edges of book itself show some light fading. Top page edge shows some light foxing. Signed.

First edition. 73 pp. Two tiny ink dots to bottom edge near spine, else near fine in near fine dust jacket. SIGNED by Dove on the title page.

Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. First Edition. Signed by Rita Dove at title page with inscription, "for Eunice, These few songs to add to the grander polyphony -- warmly, Rita Dove." Octavo. 73 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue boards stamped in gilt and silver. Unclipped dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show mild shelfwear at extremities; dark blue stain to front joint. Binding sound and interior unmarked. A Very Good or better copy of Dove's fourth book of poems.

Condition: Fine. First Edition. SIGNED by Rita Dove on the title page. Fine in a fine dj. Poetry. (B).