The Leaf And The Cloud: A Poem (Signed First Edition)

Mary Oliver

ISBN 10: 0306809931 / ISBN 13: 9780306809934

Published by Da Capo Press, New York, 2000

About this Item

First edition, first printing (with full number sequence including the 1). Hardbound. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. A tight, clean copy. The jacket has a small scratch on the back and some slight edge wear. Comes with archival-quality dust jacket protector. NOT price clipped; original price of $22.00 intact. Shipped in well padded box. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page--the author's name only, with no other marks or writing.

Seller Inventory # signed-poetry-003

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Leaf And The Cloud: A Poem (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306809931
• ISBN 13: 9780306809934
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

With piercing clarity and craftsmanship, Mary Oliver has fashioned an unforgettable poem of questioning and discovery, about what is observable and what is not, about what passes and what persists. As Stanley Kunitz has said: "Mary Oliver's poetry is fine and deep; it reads like a blessing. Her special gift is to connect us with our sources in the natural world, its beauties and terrors and mysteries and consolations."

About the Author

Mary Oliver is the author of more than ten volumes of poetry and prose, including American Primitive, New and Selected Poems, A Poetry Handbook, West Wind, Rules for the Dance, and, most recently, Winter Hours. Her many accolades include the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the Lannan Literary Award; in 1999 she received the New England Book Award for Literary Excellence from the New England Booksellers Association. The first part of The Leaf and the Cloud was selected for inclusion in The Best American Poetry 1999 and the second part, "Work," will be in The Best American Poetry 2000. Mary Oliver holds the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching at Bennington College, and lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and Bennington, Vermont.