Time by Ciardi John, Signed (6 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book is bound in blue cloth. It is inscribed by the author to Dr. Charles Shornstein Bread Loaf '51. Contains 84 clean pages with a tight binding. Dust jacket is in Brodart with price of $2.50 on the front flap. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Included. First Edition. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Minor wear at corners to blue cloth. The yellow and black dust jacket has a circular stain (coffee cup?) on the front panel, and slight loss at corners. Inscribed by the author at Bread Loaf. A title in the Twayne Library of Modern Poetry. Signed by Author.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed: "for Marian Price with all best wishes from the darkest day Bread Loaf/John Ciardi." Spine ends lightly rubbed. Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Slight sunning to front board, near fine lacking the dustwrapper. Warmly Inscribed: "Thanksgiving '51 Northampton. To Dick and Nancy. The thanks we are given to say in the way we are given to say it. John Ciardi." A nice inscription in a relatively uncommon title.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in modestly soiled else near fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by the author to a noted African-American poet: "For Anna Land Butler with all best wishes, John Ciardi." A nice inscription in a relatively uncommon title.

Condition: Very good. INSCRIBED & SIGNED WITH A DRAWING BY JOHN CIARDI - Octavo, 8-1/4 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth titled in gilt on the spine with Ciardi's initials stamped in gilt on the front cover, in the original printed dust wrapper. The book is housed in a custom brick red cloth jacket with gilt-titled leather labels within a matching custom slipcase. The edges of the dust jacket are slightly soiled. 84 pages. Near fine. First edition, "The Twayne Library of Modern Poetry".INSCRIBED TO INGA AND FLETCHER PRATT BY JOHN CIARDI ON THE FRONT ENDPAPER. "To Fletcher and Inga / in commemoration of services above and beyond the call of duty in bringing into the revolving universe the Ipsy-Wipsy Institute / John", followed by his drawing of what appears to be a tavern sign titled "IPSY UBER WIPSY" within a banner over the drawing of a heraldic shield containing the repeated word "Heliotrope" penned in a concentric circle.During the 1950's the Pratts were at the center of a lively literary community. They hosted meetings of science fiction writers who were members of the Hydra Club, and they purchased a 30 room home in Highlands New Jersey which they nicknamed the Ipsy-Wipsy Institute. There they entertained numerous writers including Ciardi, L. Sprague de Camp, Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl, Theodore Sturgeon, Bernard DeVoto and numerous others. Fletcher Pratt was an American author and Inga Pratt was an artist and book illustrator.