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1968réf. 185099New York: The New American Library 1968. Her first book of verse inscribed to a poet she esteemed First edition inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper "August 4. For Hugh: Only great fondness could keep my admiration admiration & not envy from Louise". The recipient was the poet Hugh Seidman whom Glück greatly admired. "I know few collections so lacking in complacency so adamant in their refusal to charm or console so fiercely intelligent" she wrote of his Collecting Evidence 1970. "If Seidman has less conspicuous virtuosity than Plath to fix on the obvious contemporary example he has to my mind greater subtlety an inclination to prefer recalcitrant mystery to hallucination". Tall octavo. Original grey cloth spine lettered in dark blue grey endpapers. With dust jacket. Spine slightly sunned stain at foot a few faint marks to contents; jacket unclipped toned a few short closed tears at edges tape repair at head of spine: a very good copy in like jacket. Louise Glück Proofs & Theories: Essays on Poetry 1994. hardcover
1969réf. 136043Oxford: Anvil Press Poetry 1969. Signed limited first edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet's first book one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo original cloth. Signed by Louise Gluck on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. "This book introduces Louise Gluck who at twenty-four is already a poet of terrifying accomplishment. Miss Gluck's work gives us a sense of defiled life made whole again by courage wit and intelligence" Stanley Moss. Anvil Press Poetry hardcover
1969réf. 8307Middlesex: Anvil Press Poetry 1969. First U.K. Edition. First Impression cloth issue. Octavo 22.5cm; burgundy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; viii23-533pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Spine slightly askew light wear to heel and lower board edges else a clean Near Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped priced 21/- with light wear to extremities a few tiny nicks and tears with some mild creasing at base of spine and upper rear panel; Very Good. The Nobel Prize-winning author's first book. "Her poems deal in wastelands the lost lives of cripples the hopeless and loveless; yet her landscapes have a stern beauty a mythic size that looms behind the everyday. Arid merciless stinging yet full of life these are strikingly original poems" from front flap. 8307. Anvil Press Poetry unknown
1983réf. 58072New York: Ecco Press. Very Good. 1983. First Edition Thus. Paperback. 0912946938 . 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 53 pages; SIGNED 1983 Ecco Press. Trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Reissue of Glück's first collection of poetry originally published in 1968 signed by the poet on the title page. Short light stress crease across the top front corner of the cover and mild chafing to surfaces; covers curl slightly at the front edge. Contents bright fresh and unmarked. A solid clean signed copy of the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner's debut collection. VG.; Signed by Author . Ecco Press paperback
1969réf. 3979First UK Edition; A Presentation copy double SIGNED by the author and inscribed to publisher Herb Yellin. A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with only light rubbing to the board and panel edges and a couple of tiny chips out of the spine head and top edge. An outstanding copy of this collection of poems the Pulitzer winning author's first collection; scarce in the first edition and signed unique with the association to Herb Yellin. An important addition to any Gluck or modern poetry collection. Not remaindered not price-clipped the limited edition is price clipped not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box. Anvil Press hardcover
1968réf. 11359N. Y.: New American Library 1968. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning poet's scarce first book. The white dust jacket is faintly discolored as usual with a shallow chip at the head of the spine otherwise a fine copy. 8vo original cloth dust jacket. The white dust jacket is faintly discolored as usual with a shallow chip at the head of the spine otherwise a fine copy. New American Library unknown books
1968réf. 6861New York: New American Library 1968. Paperwraps. Fine. Paperwraps. 1st edition long galley uncorrected proof original wire staple bound with custom archival box. The celebrated author's first book of poetry presented here in the first issue uncorrected proof format. Laid in is a signed letter from Stanley Moss on New American Review letterhead requesting a review from fellow poet William Meredith. Gluck won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2020. The long galley uncorrected proof is housed in a bespoke archival box. Minimal wear to edges else fine. Very scarce. Additional postage required. New American Library unknown books
1968réf. 174824New York: The New American Library 1968. First edition. Softcover. First printing. The simultaneous paperback issue of Gluck's first book a collection of poems from this Pulitzer Prize winning poet. A fresh unread copy in wrappers but likely can't be opened very wide because the glue is brittle. Gluck recently won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The New American Library unknown books
1968réf. 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
1968réf. 290388New York: New American Library 1968. First. hardcover. fine. 53 pages handsomely rebound in 1/2 crimson morocco marbled boards. New York: New American Library 1968. First Edition. Fine. New American Library unknown books
1969réf. 010596Middlesex England: Anvil Press Poetry 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 31/50 copies. Price clipped lower right front flap which states " for copyright reasons this edition is not for sale in the USA.". Inexplicitlly this titke bears the holograph Louise Gluck on the half-title which is bogus as it does not conform to Gluck's known signature. Gluck was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for literature. Anvil Press Poetry hardcover books
1968réf. 140949674New York: The New American Library 1968. First Paperback Edition. Near Fine. First paperback edition first printing of Louise Gluck's first book. Association copy signed by her on the dedication page inscribed to the poets Sandra McPherson and Henry Carlile the latter's address stamp to first page: " to Sandy Henry My crude beginnings reclaimed From their final home - source - under the suburb. Meant for your eyes only. Louise" iv 53 pp. Bound in publisher's printed white wraps. Near Fine with light wear and soiling to covers slight bump to upper right corner. Very tight binding. A lovely signed copy of the Nobel Prize-winner's first poetry collection which was issued simultaneously in cloth and wrappers. From the estate of Henry Carlile in Portland. The New American Library unknown
1983réf. 10310New York: The Ecco Press 1983. First Edition. Perfect Binding 53 pages. Very Good. First Edition. Bowing to front and back covers. Minor soiling to text block. Light scuffing to covers. Minor soiling to page 23. The Ecco Press unknown
réf. 350456The Ecco Press 1983. SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY NOBEL PRIZE WINNER TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN octavo illus light card wrappers white lettering to spine unpaginated prelims 53pp VG light fading to spine & edges of rear cover light creasing & curling to covers/edges prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover light tanning & foxing to page edges minor cracking at front & rear gutters- glue sl cracked & exposed prev. owner's annotation in ink to rear ep The Ecco Press 1983 unknown
1968réf. 6849N. Y.: New American Library 1968. First edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's scarce first book. A fine copy. 8vo cloth dust jacket. A fine copy. New American Library unknown
1983réf. 00082339New York: The Ecco Press 1983. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by the author on the title page with no date or inscription. Clean pages except for a prior owner's name penned on the first half-title page and two corner folds; the soft cover has a short radiant crease on the front and shallow edge chipping with one tiny fold at the top left rear corner; otherwise well-kept.; 53 pp; Signed by Author. The Ecco Press paperback
1968réf. 501746New York: The New American Library 1968. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in moderately toned very good or better dust jacket with a bit of nicking at the crown. Poet editor and anthologist William Cole's copy with his neat owner signature on the front fly and a couple of small notes presumably in his hand on the rear pastedown. 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. Cole produced around 75 books most of them anthologies. He served as publicity director at Alfred A. Knopf publicity director and editor at Simon & Schuster and publisher of William Cole Books at Viking Press. Upon his death he was memorialized by Seamus Heaney in the poem "In Memory of Bill Cole." Glück's first book; she has won the National Book Award the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature. The New American Library hardcover
1969réf. 502410London: Anvil Press Poetry 1969. Hardcover. First English edition limited signed issue. Printed on pink paper. Crown very gently bumped else fine in a lightly worn near fine dust jacket the limited signed edition was issued price-clipped. Number 31 of 50 copies Signed by Glück on the half-title. The English edition of her first book the signed issue released in a remarkably small limitation. Glück has received the National Book Award the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Anvil Press Poetry hardcover
1969réf. 527777London: Anvil Press Poetry 1969. Softcover. Near Fine. First English edition wrappered issue. Cover photograph by Charlez Hertz. Octavo. 53pp. Near fine with some rubbing and one corner worn. The first English edition of the author's first collection of poetry released by New American Library the year before. Anvil Press Poetry unknown
1968réf. 505887THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. NO JACKET FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING OF THE POET'S FIRST BOOK. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY Hardcover
1969réf. 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
1968réf. 6861New York: New American Library 1968. Paperwraps. Fine. Paperwraps. 1st edition long galley uncorrected proof original wire staple bound with custom archival box. The celebrated author's first book of poetry presented here in the first issue uncorrected proof format. Laid in is a signed letter from Stanley Moss on New American Review letterhead requesting a review from fellow poet William Meredith. Gluck won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2020. The long galley uncorrected proof is housed in a bespoke archival box. Minimal wear to edges else fine. Very scarce. Additional postage required. New American Library unknown
1968réf. 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
réf. 13229Anvil 1969. First edition. Near fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. The poet's first book. New and bright all around gift quality. Anvil, 1969 paperback
réf. Lit-0002A beautiful FIRST UK EDITION publish 1969 inscribed by author. Anvil Press Poetry hardcover