Michael Jasper Gioia (4 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 12 pages; 1987 Michael Peich / [Aralia Press] Softover in sewn binding and grey card stock covers with pictorial woodcut to cover and title page. "This remembrance was spoken by Dana Gioia on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at the North Yonkers Community Church in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The edition was hand-printed by Michael Peich as a gift of love to Mary and Dana Gioia in memory of their son, Michael Jasper" Fine.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Slim octavo. Fine in sewn wrappers. Gioia's 1987 eulogy for his son, hand-printed by Michael Peich.

8vo, pp. [12]; title page printed in blue and black; wood engraving of a tree on title page; original gray paper wrappers repeating the tree image on the upper cover; fine. From the library of Kim Merker. Not an Aralia Press publication, per se, rather a personal printing effort for one of Michael's dear friends. Clearly a limited edition of an unspecified number: "This remembrance was spoken by Dana Gioia on Sunday, December 20, 1987 at the North Yonkers Community Church in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. The edition was hand-printed by Michael Peich as a gift of love to Mary and Dana Gioia in memory of their son, Michael Jasper" (colophon).…

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Printed in an edition of only 100 copies that were designed and set in Palantino by Jane Churchman and printed uncer the direction of Cloice Fannin.A collection of poems in memory of Michael Jasper Gioia, who tragically only lived for 4 months and was the son of poet Dana Gioia. Includes contributions by Dick Allen, Bruce Bawer, Jared Carter, Alice Fulton, Gloria Glickstein, Emily Grosholz, Rachel Hadas, David Lehman, Philis Levin, Charles Mertin, David Mason, Frederick Morgan, Robert Phillips, Mark Rudman, William Jay Smith, and Frederick Turner. A very good plus copy in stapled wrappers with some minor wear. Scarce, with only 5 copies listed in OCLC.…