Clemens, Clara, and Alma Gluck:Biblio.com
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1916ref. 64676N.p. ca. 1916. Inscribed twice by Clemens 1874-1962 the sole surviving child of Samuel Clemens. On the photograph itself she has written: "To Miss Howland with the cordial wishes of Clara Clemens." The recipient is further identified by the inscription on the verso from Alma Gluck the Romanian-born American soprano accompanied by a clipped portrait photo from a magazine to "Enid Howland." Additionally Clemens has inscribed the mount: "Most cordially Yours Clara Clemens Sept. 16th 1916." Clara was after her father's death the controversial custodian of his estate and literary rights. She published her biography of him in 1931 along with books on other subjects and worked at a career in singing with which this artifact is likely connected. Mounted and evidently extracted from an album amicorum or scrapbook with another party's photo and inscription on verso. Mount a bit chipped and edge-torn faint crease on photo otherwise good. Enclosed in oversize half-morocco slipcase. unknown
1916ref. 64676N.p. ca. 1916. Inscribed twice by Clemens 1874-1962 the sole surviving child of Samuel Clemens. On the photograph itself she has written: "To Miss Howland with the cordial wishes of Clara Clemens." The recipient is further identified by the inscription on the verso from Alma Gluck the Romanian-born American soprano accompanied by a clipped portrait photo from a magazine to "Enid Howland." Additionally Clemens has inscribed the mount: "Most cordially Yours Clara Clemens Sept. 16th 1916." Clara was after her father's death the controversial custodian of his estate and literary rights. She published her biography of him in 1931 along with books on other subjects and worked at a career in singing with which this artifact is likely connected. Mounted and evidently extracted from an album amicorum or scrapbook with another party's photo and inscription on verso. Mount a bit chipped and edge-torn faint crease on photo otherwise good. Enclosed in oversize half-morocco slipcase. unknown books
ref. 023991New York; 1990: The Ecco Press. First Edition. Octavo. First printing. 68 pp. signed by the author. Ararat is one of Louise Glück’s most powerful and personal collections. Written in the wake of her father’s death the poems move with stark clarity through themes of grief family memory and survival. Glück sets aside mythic masks to write in a voice at once intimate and unflinching transforming private loss into a work of universal resonance. Spare piercing and unforgettable Ararat remains a cornerstone in the career of a poet later awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. A fine bright copy bound in 1/4 black cloth over gray paper covered boardsspine lettring a light foil blue in a fine unclipped dust jacket. The Ecco Press unknown
1985ref. 000200New York: Doubleday & Company 1985. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Signed by Authors. 1st Printing This is an authentic signed first edition of "The Mick" by Mickey Mantle published by Doubleday in 1985. It is in very good or better condition in a very good unclipped dust jacket. The signature has been authenticated by Beckett Authentication Services BAS and is guaranteed original. This book is a must-have for fans of the New York Yankees and collectors of baseball memorabilia. Condition: 8vo. 248 pages - paper over cloth boards with silver stamped print to the spine. Spine ends bumped and a few small spots on the front free endpaper. The dust jacket with the $15.95 price and 0685 date code shows some toning to the edges and a closed tear to the upper front cover now repaired. Own a piece of baseball history with this rare autographed book. Doubleday & Company hardcover
1891ref. 013212New York: Banks & Brothers 1891 580 pp.; HB. Pages: clean ivory tight; eps toned a.e. tanned t.e. dusty front hinge starting. Cover: leather 5 raised bands gilt titles to the 1 remaining of 2 spine blocks; substantial shelfwear esp extremities leather scuffed and worn. The original real deal. Banks & Brothers hardcover
1990ref. 2766New York: Ecco 1990. A First Edition First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A fine book in a fine unclipped dust jacket. Louise Gluck's poetry has dazzled critics for years and this year was she won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature.The judges praised "her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal". In Ararat Gluck's sixth poetry collection one critic called the book "a ruthlessly probing family portrait in verse that confronts with devastating irony her father's hollow life and her mother's inability to express emotion." This copy is signed by the author on the title page and scarce thus. Ecco hardcover
1990ref. 1389618New York NY: The Ecco Press 1990. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 68 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black and dark grey spine with dark green lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$17.95 - $24.95 Canada" and has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild wear along the edges. Signed flat by Louise Glück on title page. DL consignment. Shelved Case 0. Louise Glück was born on April 22 1943 in New York City to parents of Russian and Hungarian Jewish descent. Glück was taught Greek mythology and classic stories from a young age which greatly influenced her works. Glück began writing poetry in highschool eventually taking some poetry classes and attending workshops where she more deeply developed her craft. After a tumultuous life and career Glück finally began seeing wider success in her work in the 1990's. "Ararat" would be released in 1990 a collection of poems driven by the immense loss Glück felt following the death of her father in 1985. "Ararat" is regarded as one of Glück's most powerful works brutally tackling the subjects of loss and sorrow. 1389618. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Ecco Press hardcover
1999ref. 579136Portland Oregon: Charles Seluzicki / Printed by Stern & Faye 1999. Unbound. Fine. First separate edition. Broadside poem. Single sheet printed on Arches Cover paper Measuring 9½" x 15½". A faint almost unnoticeable spot in each of the right corners else fine. Prints the eight-stanza poem "The Mystery." One of 100 numbered copies Signed by Glück. OCLC lists 10 holdings. Charles Seluzicki / Printed by Stern & Faye unknown
1999ref. 522678Portland Oregon: Charles Seluzicki / Printed by Stern & Faye 1999. Unbound. Fine. First separate edition. Broadside poem. Single sheet printed on Arches Cover paper Measuring 9.5" x 15.5". Fine. Prints the entire poem "The Mystery" in eight stanzas. One of 100 numbered copies Signed by Gluck OCLC lists 10 holdings. Charles Seluzicki / Printed by Stern & Faye unknown
1980ref. 23665N. Y.: Ecco Press 1980. First edition simultaneous paperback issue. Signed by Gluck on the title-page. Fine copy. 8vo original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy. Ecco Press unknown
1969ref. 505883ANVIL PRESS POETRY 1969. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. FIRST U.K. EDITION SOILING TO BACK COVER ELSE TEXT CLEAN BINDING FIRM SIGNED BY AUTHORON TITLE PAGE. ANVIL PRESS POETRY Paperback
1968ref. 172852New York: The New American Library 1968. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 53 pages. Gluck's first book a very well received collection of poems. Gluck went on to win virtually ever literary award for her work which culminated in her winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. A clean near fine copy in an about very good price clipped dust jacket is lightly toned at the edges a tear and associated crease at the base of the rear panel and some other small tears and wear. Still a solid copy of this important debut. The New American Library unknown
2004ref. 501002Louisville Kentucky: Sarabande Books 2004. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Faintest bit of wear at the corners still easily fine. Inscribed on the title page: "for Ted with / good wishes / Louise Glück." Quarternote Chapbook Series #3. Housed in a fine custom royal blue clamshell case with the spine titled in gilt and the author's gilt facsimile signature on the cover. Glück received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Sarabande Books unknown
1975ref. 505830New York : THE ECCO PRESS 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION INSCRIBED TO PREVIOUS OWNER AND SIGNED TWICE BY THE AUTHOR SMALL CHIP ON DUST JACKETHEAD OF SPINE. THE ECCO PRESS Hardcover
2001ref. 613570New York: The Ecco Press / An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. 68pp. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Briefly Inscribed: "for Peter - from Louise Glück." With a ticket stub from the signing event laid in. The Ecco Press / An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers hardcover
ref. 125081Ecco. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New. 6x0x9. Signed by Author. First edition first printing. Author signed no inscription on the title page. Looks new and unread in like jacket. Please email for photos. Ecco hardcover
1985ref. 1389646New York NY: The Ecco Press 1985. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo 60 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Light grey spine with black lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$13.50" has mild shelving wear and a stain on the front cover. Boards have mild wear along the head and tail edges and stains on the joints. Signed flat by Louise Glück on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved Case 0. Louise Glück was born on April 22 1943 in New York City to parents of Russian and Hungarian Jewish descent. Glück was taught Greek mythology and classic stories from a young age which greatly influenced her works. Glück began writing poetry in highschool eventually taking some poetry classes and attending workshops where she more deeply developed her craft. After a mixed career "The Triumph of Achilles" published 1985 saw Glück solidified as one of the great poets of the 20th century. "The Triumph of Achilles" would go on to win the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry making it one of Glück's most pivotal works. 1389646. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Ecco Press hardcover
1985ref. 81254New York: The Ecco Press 1985. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo 21cm; brick red paper-covered boards and pale grey cloth backstrip with titles stamped in gilt on spine and author's initials embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; xii23-60pp. Signed by the author on the upper title page. Mild foxing to upper backstrip very faint scuff to lower front cover; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped priced $13.50 showing modest shelfwear some rubbing and a tiny nick to crown and a faint crease to upper rear panel; printed sticker announcing "Winner of the Poetry Society of America's Melville Kane Award 1985" mounted to lower front panel; Very Good. The Nobel Prize-winning poet's fourth collection of verse winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Ecco Press unknown
1990ref. 1389618New York NY: The Ecco Press 1990. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo 68 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black and dark grey spine with dark green lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "$17.95 - $24.95 Canada" and has mild shelving wear. Boards have mild wear along the spine head and tail edges. Textblock has mild wear along the edges. Signed flat by Louise Glück on title page. DL consignment. Shelved Case 0. Louise Glück was born on April 22 1943 in New York City to parents of Russian and Hungarian Jewish descent. Glück was taught Greek mythology and classic stories from a young age which greatly influenced her works. Glück began writing poetry in highschool eventually taking some poetry classes and attending workshops where she more deeply developed her craft. After a tumultuous life and career Glück finally began seeing wider success in her work in the 1990's. "Ararat" would be released in 1990 a collection of poems driven by the immense loss Glück felt following the death of her father in 1985. "Ararat" is regarded as one of Glück's most powerful works brutally tackling the subjects of loss and sorrow. 1389618. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Ecco Press hardcover books
1999ref. 579136Portland Oregon: Charles Seluzicki / Printed by Stern & Faye 1999. Unbound. Fine. First separate edition. Broadside poem. Single sheet printed on Arches Cover paper Measuring 9½" x 15½". A faint almost unnoticeable spot in each of the right corners else fine. Prints the eight-stanza poem "The Mystery." One of 100 numbered copies Signed by Glück. OCLC lists 10 holdings. Charles Seluzicki / Printed by Stern & Faye unknown books
1999ref. 522678Portland Oregon: Charles Seluzicki / Printed by Stern & Faye 1999. Unbound. Fine. First separate edition. Broadside poem. Single sheet printed on Arches Cover paper Measuring 9.5" x 15.5". Fine. Prints the entire poem "The Mystery" in eight stanzas. One of 100 numbered copies Signed by Gluck OCLC lists 10 holdings. Charles Seluzicki / Printed by Stern & Faye unknown books
1980ref. 23665N. Y.: Ecco Press 1980. First edition simultaneous paperback issue. Signed by Gluck on the title-page. Fine copy. 8vo original pictorial wrappers. Fine copy. Ecco Press unknown books
1968ref. 172852New York: The New American Library 1968. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 53 pages. Gluck's first book a very well received collection of poems. Gluck went on to win virtually ever literary award for her work which culminated in her winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. A clean near fine copy in an about very good price clipped dust jacket is lightly toned at the edges a tear and associated crease at the base of the rear panel and some other small tears and wear. Still a solid copy of this important debut. The New American Library unknown books
2004ref. 501002Louisville Kentucky: Sarabande Books 2004. Softcover. Fine. First edition. Stapled wrappers. Faintest bit of wear at the corners still easily fine. Inscribed on the title page: "for Ted with / good wishes / Louise Glück." Quarternote Chapbook Series #3. Housed in a fine custom royal blue clamshell case with the spine titled in gilt and the author's gilt facsimile signature on the cover. Glück received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. Sarabande Books unknown books
2001ref. 613570New York: The Ecco Press / An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2001. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Quarto. 68pp. Fine copy in fine dust jacket. Briefly Inscribed: "for Peter - from Louise Glück." With a ticket stub from the signing event laid in. The Ecco Press / An Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers hardcover books
