Book has bumped corners. Dj has minor wear. Inscribed and dated by the Poet to a friend and colleague. What makes this copy of interest is that it includes a fragment of a poem the Poet is reworking and asks "Walt" his advice on the poem in a handwritten 2 page letter that also discusses family issues.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

By Vineyard Light

Publisher

Rizzoli, New York

Publication Date

1995

Language

English

ISBN 10

0847818713

ISBN 13

9780847818716

Binding

Original Cloth

Illustrator

Craig Dripps

Edition

First Edition.

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

VG+

Signed

Signed by the Poet

Book Type

Book

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Synopsis

Poems and photographs depict the beaches, lighthouses, and farms of Martha's Vineyard

About the Author

Rose Styron is a poet, journalist, and human rights activist. She and her husband, writer William Styron, have spent extended summers on Martha's Vineyard since 1959. Her previous books include From Summer to Summer, Thieves' Afternoon, and Modern Russian Poetry. Her poems and essays have been published in a variety of magazines and anthologies.

Craig Dripps has summered on the Vineyard all his life, and his photographs have been exhibited in Vineyard galleries. He has taught at the Haverford School for twenty-three years.

Peter Sacks is a professor of English and creative writing at The Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of two collections of poetry, In These Mountains and Promised Lands, and of The English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats. He lives in Baltimore and on Martha's Vineyard.

George Plimpton is a celebrated author and the editor of The Paris Review.

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