The Dispossessed

BERRYMAN, John

Published by William Sloan Associates, New York, 1948
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First edition. Endpapers with modest offsetting, binding slightly rubbed at edges, very good or better in a moderately edgeworn about very good dust jacket with a 2" tear at front spine fold, spine evenly sunned with slight loss at ends, and several small chips and tears. Berryman's first general collection of poems previously published in various literary magazines. Seller Inventory # 552501

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Title: The Dispossessed
Publisher: William Sloan Associates, New York
Publication Date: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: good+. First Printing. Octavo, 103 pages, blue cloth; closed tears on rear panel of dj, edgeworn. [ Stefanik A 4]. Seller Inventory # 2021175

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Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. First edition of the author's first book, hardcover, has a tiny lean to the binding, slight bumps to spine ends and cover corners, a touch of sunning to spine and head of covers, very mild edgewear to covers, and a hint of smudging to head of text block, otherwise a solid, tight Near VG copy in a Good+ dust jacket, which has bumps with short chips to spine ends and corners, moderate edgewear with short creased tears and small chips, and some light rubbing with minor creasing to covers. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 102621

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Binding very slightly rubbed at crown, very good of better in very good fine dust jacket with light fading of maroon color on the spine with small abrasions and chips mostly on the spine. Seller Inventory # 470362

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BERRYMAN, John
Published by William Sloane, 1948
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hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 1948 William Sloan Associates hard cover - 1st edition 1st printing - owner's name inside front cover - illustration drawing inside back cover (by previous owner?) - tears and wears to dust jacket - stain inside front cover - slight wear to cover - otherwise cover fine binding strong contents clean - enjoy. Seller Inventory # 2508110002

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. Very slightly rubbed, else a fine copy in near fine dust jacket with even fading of maroon color on the spine (but less than usually encountered). Seller Inventory # 470359

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Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Bound in publisher's blue cloth lettered stamped in gilt. About Near Fine, with rubbing to cloth at tips, pages toned. In a Very Good dust jacket with publisher's price intact, with light rubbing and edge wear. A nice copy. Seller Inventory # 140937298

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First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (22cm); navy blue cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; xii,103,[3]pp. Trivial wear to spine ends, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with a few tiny nicks at base of spine and two closed tears; Very Good+. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's first regularly published collection. STEFANIK A4. Seller Inventory # 51737

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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good or better, price-clipped dustwrapper, with a couple of very shallow chips and tears, but none of the usual spine fading. Second book. Seller Inventory # 104312

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First edition of the first general collection of the poems of John Berryman. Octavo, original cloth. From the library of renowned American poet, critic, and Princeton professor, Theodore (Ted) Weiss and his wife ReneĆ Weiss, who collectively edited the well-known Quarterly Review of Literature Magazine for sixty years. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Oscar Ogg. The Dispossessed includes, collected together for the first time, a wide range of Berryman's poems which appeared previously in a number of literary magazines including The Kenyon Review, Accent, The Southern Review, and The Nation as well as over a dozen anthologies of modern verse. The poems range from the tenderness of "The Ball Poem" or "Canto Amor" to the complex terror of "The Long Home" and the imaginative transformations of modern American life in "The Statue" and "New Year's Eve.". Seller Inventory # 143526

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Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this early anthology of poems by John Berryman, an early example of his confessional pieces. The first edition of this work.In the original unclipped dust wrapper.An anthology of poems by the American poet and scholar John Berryman, an important figure of the "confessional" school of poetry. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1964.'The Dispossessed' was Berryman's first mature collection of poems, published early in his career. This anthology includes 'The Ball Poem', 'Canto Amor', 'The Traveller', 'The Long Home', 'The Statue', 'New Year's Eve', and more. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, smart. Very light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A few very light marks to the cloth. Dust wrapper is a little edge worn, with small chips and closed tears, mostly to the head and tail of the spine. Spine is sunned. Light rubbing and handling marks to the wraps. Spots and a couple of small tidemarks to the reverse of the dust wrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Fine. book. Seller Inventory # 933P13

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