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1985138593New York: The Ecco Press 1985. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work her most anthologized. Octavo original cloth. Presentation copy inscribed by the author "For Meryl with good wishes Louise Glück." Fine in a fine dust jacket. Writing in The New York Times the author and critic Liz Rosenberg described the collection as "clearer purer and sharper" than Glück's previous work. The critic Peter Stitt writing in The Georgia Review declared that the book showed Glück to be "among the important poets of our age". From the collection the poem "Mock Orange" which has been likened to a feminist anthem has been called an "anthology piece" for how frequently it has appeared in poetry anthologies and college courses. Wendy Lesser described its "language" as "staunchly straightforward." It won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. The Ecco Press hardcover
1985137436New York: The Ecco Press 1985. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's classic work her most anthologized. Octavo original cloth. Boldly signed by Louise Glück on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Writing in The New York Times the author and critic Liz Rosenberg described the collection as "clearer purer and sharper" than Glück's previous work. The critic Peter Stitt writing in The Georgia Review declared that the book showed Glück to be "among the important poets of our age". From the collection the poem "Mock Orange" which has been likened to a feminist anthem has been called an "anthology piece" for how frequently it has appeared in poetry anthologies and college courses. Wendy Lesser described its "language" as "staunchly straightforward." It won the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry. The Ecco Press hardcover
198043091New York: Ecco Press 1980. Fine/Fine. New York: Ecco Press 1980. First Edition. Octavo 22cm; publisher's cloth in unclipped dust jacket; 48pp. Dust jacket shows small bumps at spine ends and corners; otherwise remarkably clean. Binding sound. Textblock endsheets and interior pages clean. A Near Fine copy in like jacket. Signed by the author without inscription on full title page. . Ecco Press unknown
19801389637New York NY: The Ecco Press 1980. First Edition First Printing. Hardcover. Small octavo 48 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good condition dust jacket. Black spine with purple and grey-green lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering price is uncut "9.95" has mild shelving wear mild wear along the extremities and chipping along the fore corners. Textblock has a stain on page 41 stains on the "American Poetry Series" page and second front end-page and stains on the head edge. Signed flat by Louise Glück on the title page. DL consignment. Shelved in 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 of teaching and writing poetry Glück would produce her third collection of poems; "Descending Figure" in 1980. <br /> <br /> "Descending Figure" was released to generally positive reviews though some criticized Glück as hating children for her poem "The Drowned Children" most regarded the collection as a overall improvement in Glück's work. 1389637. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. The Ecco Press hardcover
1990124951New York: The Ecco Press 1990. First edition of the Nobel Prize-winning author's collection of poetry prompted by the death of her father. Octavo original half cloth. Association copy inscribed by the poet opposite the half-title page "For Stuart I look forward to your new work I wish you all good fortune - Louise." The recipient Stuart Dischell is a fellow poet and friend of Gluck. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket illustration by Michaela Sullivan. Jacket illustration by Christa Naher. In 1984 Gluck joined the faculty of Williams College in Massachusetts as a senior lecturer in the English Department. The following year her father died. The loss prompted her to begin a new collection of poems Ararat 1990 the title of which references the mountain of the Genesis flood narrative. Writing in The New York Times in 2012 the critic Dwight Garner called it "the most brutal and sorrow-filled book of American poetry published in the last 25 years" The Ecco Press hardcover books
198512660New York: Doubleday 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 248. Illustrated with several sections of black & white photography. Bound in brown cloth; spine lettered in gilt. Clean and fresh throughout. Of a signed edition limited to 536 hand-numbered copies this is copy 274. The limitation of 536 refers to Mantle's home-run record. A handsome well preserved copy. Doubleday hardcover
199036322<p>The book has 71 pages three fold-out sections. The text is printed on white hand-made Fabriano Umbria paper in black ink with headings printed in five colors and the three fold-out sections are printed on different pastel shades of MacGregor-Vinzani specially made for this edition. The various cutouts and collages are in different colors as well. Michael Alpert printed the book created and constructed all the various components of the book itself and its binding. The book is bound in a hand made paper wrappper and then inserted into a binding made of paper by MacGregor-Vinzani. The book is then placed in a cloth covered clamshell box with a paper spine label. </p><p>The book also contains the two-cd set of a recording of Gluck's opera laid into pockets at the back of the book. Number 16 of an edition of 90 copies. Signed by Alpert on the colophon. </p><p>Fine in a fine clamshell box. </p><p>Alpert and the Theodore Press have collaborated on other artists' books creations with Claire van Vliet and her Janus Press particularly with her production of King Lear. All of the various materials textures and colors come together in a beautiful production. Winner of the 1990 Stephen Harvard Prize for excellence in the Book Arts.</p> Theodore Press
1980500248New York: The Ecco Press 1980. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition clothbound issue. Octavo. 52pp. Cloth. Fine copy in very near fine slightly rubbed dust jacket. Signed by Glück on the title page. The Ecco Press hardcover
1968505887THE 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
1999760new york: ecco press 1999. inscribed first edition 1999.<br /> <br /> "for joe-<br /> it makes me <br /> immensely <br /> happy to meet<br /> someone who<br /> loves oppen<br /> louise"<br /> <br /> to fellow writer joe pan. <br /> <br /> an uncommon edition of one of the late great poet's most celebrated works. as indicated by its title the included poems traces a reckoning with time and becoming.<br /> <br /> new jersey: ecco press. isbn: 0880016345. 9.25 x 6.30". 51 pages. hardcover. book condition: gentle rubbing to head of boards and spine. near fine. jacket condition: unclipped $22.00. fine. ecco press unknown
198015653-2New York: Ecco Press 1980. <b><i>Signed by Louise Gluck on the title page</i></b>. First edition / First printing. Purple cloth. Very fine in very fine price-clipped dust jacket. A beautiful copy and rare signed. The author's third collection of poetry. Volume 20 in The American Poetry Series. <b><i>Louise Gluck is the 2020 Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.</i></b> Ecco Press, hardcover
1995100-49223Serpent's Tail 1995-04-01. paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Serpent's Tail paperback
19686861New 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
198549131New York: Ecco Press 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. 60p octavo A very fine copy in like dust jacket inscribed by Gluck to Marita Garin who she worked with at Goodard College in Vermont. Later Garin moved to Black Mountain North Carolina where she worked in the Warren Wilson Writing Program. <br/><br/> Ecco Press hardcover
19851401169Doubleday & Company Inc 1985. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Fine special limited edition. INSCRIBED by Mickey Mantle to his friend and former NY anchorman and broadcaster. This book has been hand-numbered in a limited edition of 536 copies. Full leather binding with gilt signature on the front cover and gilt lettering on the spine. We will provide a certificate of authenticity for this item. Doubleday & Company, Inc hardcover books
19686849N. 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
19686861New 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
193451256Amsterdam The Netherlands: N. V. Kunsthandel P. De Boer. As New. 1934. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Text block pristine pages tight to spine - 75 pages of text in Dutch followed by 48 black and white plates. Among the artists represented: Saverij P. Snayers D. Vinckeboons and others. -- with a bonus offer-- . N. V. Kunsthandel P. De Boer hardcover
193431822Amsterdam: N. V. Kunsthandel P. De Boer. As New. 1934. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - 75 pages of text; 48 pages of black and white plates; text in Dutch. 227 works in the exhibition. -- with a bonus offer-- . N. V. Kunsthandel P. De Boer paperback
19698307Middlesex: 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. <br /> <br /> 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
1975501001New York: The Ecco Press 1975. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition hardcover issue. Fine in fine dust jacket with a tiny closed tear on the front cover. Signed in the title page and additionally Inscribed on the facing page to poet and editor Douglas Blazek: "For Doug Blazek with good wishes Louise Glück." The Poetry Foundation calls Blazek "one of the instigators of the Mimeo Revolution" and a "force in the American poetry 'underground' of the 1960s." In addition to publishing heavily early in his career Blazek also founded and edited the magazine Ole and the small press Open Skull where he published Bukowski Robert Crumb d.a. levy and other "underground" writers. A lovely copy of the Nobel laureate's second book with an excellent association. 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. The Ecco Press hardcover
1969h01523<p>London: Anvil Press 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 8 54 pp. Red cloth. Fine in Fine dust jacket price clipped. Number 6 of 50 numbered copies signed by Louise Gluck.</p> Anvil Press hardcover
1969136043Oxford: 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
1932C93639Anton Schroll & Co. As New. 1932. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy brand new pristine never opened -- Text in German. 102 pages; 41 illustrations. Gemälde Gemalde Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Leben Und Werk Oeuvre-Katalog Kritischem Oeuvrekatalog Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Anton Schroll & Co. hardcover
19693979<p>First 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.</p> Anvil Press hardcover