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Paul Mariani. Timing Devices: Poems. David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts. Wood Engravings by Barry Moser. INSCRIBED by Author & Artist. First Edition. 11.75 x 6.25 , narrow/small 4to. In good condition. Dust jacket exhibits scuffed edges; head of spine exhibits small chip at front hinge. Normal soiling to dust jacket, especially hinges, but overall attractive. Bright red cloth word lightly scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Author inscription, in black marker, found on top corner of title page: Aug. 7/86. For Kathy - Good having you in this summer s sem- Paul Mariani. Artist inscription, below authors in blue ink, says: & best wishes from B. Moser. Text-block clean. Binding tight and intact. Some pencil marginalia found at bottom edges of rear fly-leaf and end-page. Please see photos. Paul Mariani (born 1940 in New York City) is an American poet and is University Professor Emeritus at Boston College. Mariani has lectured and given readings widely in the United States and abroad and has published over 250 essays, introductions, chapters in anthologies and scholarly encyclopedias, and reviews, as well as being the author of 20 books. These include biographies of William Carlos Williams, John Berryman, Robert Lowell, Hart Crane, Gerard Manley Hopkins, and Wallace Stevens. His biography of Williams was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has published eight volumes of poetry, most recently Ordinary Time: Poems (Slant Books), and The Mystery of It All: The Vocation of Poetry in the Twilight of Modernism (Paraclete Press). First published collection of poetry. First Edition inscribed by poet and artist. Gift quality. RAREA1979ABDX 06/24 - HK1774 FORN-TUB-0068-BB-2503-HKREV581.
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