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Possum Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since September 19, 2014
Poet's brilliant first book. Jacket edge-worn, a couple of small tears internally mended with tape. Seller Inventory # 000551
Title: A Summoning of Stones
Publisher: Macmillan
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Seller: Pride and Prejudice-Books, Ballston Lake, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First Printing, so stated. Original boards. Gift inscription in ink, Near Fine, in Very Good Dust Jacket with a small chip at the foot of the spine and tiny edge chips and edge wear. Hecht's first book. Seller Inventory # 023874
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Sawtooth Books, ABAA, Santa Fe, NM, U.S.A.
Hardcover. poetry (illustrator). First edition. Hardcover. First edition. Paperback. A near fine book in a very good dust jacket. Price clipped. The author's first poetry collection. Seller Inventory # 29255
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Lowry's Books, Three Rivers, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Cover has wear, especially on the edges. Scuffing on the covers are also present. There is also foxing on all text blocks and on the edges of the cover. There is corner bumping. Blue stamp on BEP. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 118323
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Robert Wendler Books, Old Saybrook, CT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Cloth-backed yellow boards. 8vo. Unclipped gray pictorial dust jacket. Stated first printing. The poet's first book. A very good copy with light wear in a very good jacket with some light chipping to the spine tips and along the top edge. Seller Inventory # 4208
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Moderate wear at the spine ends, else very good lacking the dust jacket. The poet Donald Justice's copy, unsigned by him but with his penciled notes on the Contents page. Hecht's first book. Seller Inventory # 595154
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Very slight toning on the front board, else about fine, in an attractive, very good dust jacket with a modest creased tear on the front panel. The poet's first book. Seller Inventory # 578442
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Brattle Book Shop [ABAA, ILAB], Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover. First edition. 8.25" x 5.5". [8], 64 pp. Publisher's yellowpaper boards backed in grey cloth, spine titles stamped in yellow; greyand white dust jacket. Some wear and darkening at top and bottom edges,offsetting to endpapers; some rubbing to jacket, chips at corners andspine. Inscribed by Hecht on ffep: "For Cynthia -/ who will have to wait-/ but not too long for her/ own poem./ With love and/ gratitude/ Tony/Jan. 7, 1960." With a laid-in TLS on Macmillan letterhead from editorCecil Scott informing Hecht of an award from the Ford Foundation andrequesting "some tangible sign that you have not forgotten me." Good inlike DJ. Seller Inventory # 36441
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Compass Rose Books, ABAA-ILAB, Kensington, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in quarter grey cloth, dull lemon colored boards, in a Near Fine grey dustwrapper, not price-clipped, tiny nick to crown. 64pp. Hecht's first book, an auspicious debut. Q20010. Seller Inventory # Q20010
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: FITZ BOOKS AND WAFFLES, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Stated first printing, inscribed by author. Tattered but intact dust jacket, some slightly exposed binding but remains bound thus far. A few markings within, otherwise an overall unmarked and undamaged copy. Inscribed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # ABE-1733258052043
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Very slight tilt to the thin spine else fine in an attractive, very good plus dustwrapper with tiny nicks and tears and a little rubbing. The poet's first book. Seller Inventory # 424918
Quantity: 1 available