Stoneworks by Ciardi John (30 results)

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hardcover. 2nd prt. 8vo, 82 pp. Fine copy in very good dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good-. 83pp. Third printing. Binding tight and sturdy, text very good+, gray boards square, black lettering crisp. DJ clipped with a few small chips and tears; now protected in Mylar wraps. NOT ex-lib. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Inscribed by the author on the title page. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block. Small abrasions near top edge of front hinge. Pages toning with age, otherwise Text is unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, chipping, light soiling & small tears in a mylar cover. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Second Printing. Light normal DJ wear; former owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A very nice copy of poetry by John Ciardi. 83 pages. Book.

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Second printing, near fine in a very good dust jacket. A little spotting to the top edge of the page block. The price clipped jacket has slight edgewear and a little spotting at edges of flap folds. Signed by the author on the half title page. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. Price clipped D.J.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. This is the Third Printing of John Ciardi's exhilarating book of Poetry, "In the Stoneworks". It was published in hardcover format in 1971 by Rutgers University Press. "In the Stoneworks" displays a new precision and exact understanding derived from experience sometimes painful sometimes even ridiculous. Without losing his particular drive or wit, Mr. Ciardi reveals a tenderness for the vulnerable citizens of the world and a preoccupation with mercy that were implicit in his other books, but have never been so clearly and compassionately defined." (Excerpted from the dust-jacket blurb) TITLE : In the Stoneworks AUTHOR : John Ciardi (1916 - 1986) IMPRINT : Rutgers University Press PLACE : New Brunswick DATE : (1971) EDITION : Third Printing PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; 83 pages; light gray cloth-covered boards with title, etc. lettered in black on spine; decorated dust-jacket has photograph of Ciardi on rear panel. CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD --- JACKET : GOOD ONLY -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Crisp and four-square with negligible signs of handling BINDING : Solid INTERIOR : A couple of near-negligible spots, else clean and unmarked DUST-JACKET : Edge wear includes small tears, nicking and creasing - there are small puncture tears along the spine panel ( it looks like a kitten's claw-marks) also displaying is abrasion along the spine panel and flap folds (front flap fold has a tiny puncture hole. Front flap s price-clipped. the whole looks decent under archival mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hard Cover. Condition: Like New. 83pp. Third Printing. An excellent like-new copy in a like-new dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, NJ 1961 ex-library copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2d Ptg. (2d ptg.) Ex-library book, attempts made to offset ex-library marks. Smaller book, gray cloth spine, gray boards, glue residue at top and bottom front and back edges, a little residue at bottom of first front end paper, 83 browned pages, tiny number stamped at bottom of dedication page. DJ price-clipped, gray background with orange and green lettering on front, b/w photo of younger Ciardi on back, slight wear at spine bottom of book removing library numbers. Very Good overall, considering it was ex-library.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. 8vo; 83 pages; Jacket with some light chipping, rubbing and wear.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This book is in very good condition with tight binding and clean text. The jacket does have a protective cover on it and have some slight edge wear on front cover and a two tiny pieces ripped from top and bottom of spine. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Second printing. Spine ends and corners lightly bumped, near fine in a good only dust jacket with large chips on top edge. Poetry.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second printing. Bookplate and place name and date in ink on the front endpapers, a little scattered foxing along the topedge, else about fine in price-clipped, else about fine dust jacket with a little rubbing. Nicely Inscribed by Ciardi.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair / with Protective Cover. Signed, Second Edition. This copy of the second edtion has some light corner bumping, edge wear. Hinges and gutters are solid, interior text has slightly yellowed with age. Clean and binding tight. Unclipped DJ has some small inked notations on the back flap, otherwise quite good. The poet has signed the Title page just above printed name. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Poet.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. With owner's signature, otherwise book is crisp and clean, like new, in a worn jacket with a large chip at the top of spine, otherwise mainly intact. With $3.50 price on flap. A book of poetry.

Condition: Good. Signed Copy . Acceptable dust jacket. Signed by author on bookplate laid-in. In protective mylar cover. (literature, poetry, poems).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First edition. Small spot of soiling along the fore edge, else very good in a good (minor edge wear, small chip at the top of the rear panel) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Edges lightly sunned, near fine in a very good dustwrapper with spine ends chipped. Poetry.

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. Two short red ink marks denoting an entry in the Contents, otherwise near fine plus; dust jacket is price-clipped with edge wear especially top and bottom of spine panel. Book of poetry.

CIARDI, John. IN THE STONEWORKS. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, [1962]. 8vo, cloth and boards in dust jacket. Later Printing. Signed presentation from Ciardi on front endpaper: "For Charles Bellows with best wishes of a quiet visit- John Ciardi Shippensburg- Oct. 30, 1962." Near Fine; small tear d/j. $25.00.

Condition: Good. Third impression (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 15cm), viii, 83pp. Original grey cloth, dustwrapper. The book is in very good condition; the dustwrapper is in good to very good condition (some chafing of the edges, price-clipped). ISBN 0813503752.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dust jacket with nominal rubbing. A fresh and bright copy.

Hardcover Jan 01, 1971. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. 1961 Rutgers U. Press hardcover. First Edition. Autographed by the author on the title page. No other marks. No flaws. Dust jacket is Fair to Good, with wear, rubbing, few chips around extremities.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. First Edition. In dustjacket. Gray fabric and hardcover, gray paper binding. Stamped, gray lettering to spine. Orange top edge. Nominated for the National Book Award For Poetry. Very Good in Good dustjacket. Minor soiling and ripping to dustjacket.

Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition/Second Printing. A beautiful copy that has been INSCRIBED by John Ciardi "for .with happiest good wishes" and dated Nov 25, 1962. In this new book of poems, John Ciardi maintains the vigor of the earlier poems and the fusion of laughetr and passion, irony and directness, that have become the hallmarks of his verse. Inscribed By Author.

Condition: Good. Mild scuffs and tears to the jacket edges. The inside jacket has been clipped to its corners. Fine to read throughout.