Ciardi john 1916 (8 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: VERY GOOD. First printing. The poet and the prolific science fiction writer join forces to produce a bunch of these short humorous verses - includes 144 limericks collected by Asimov and 147 by Ciardi in this literary duel. 101 pp. Very good (gift inscription on front endpaper), no dust jacket.…

Ciardi, John, 1916-1986. Person to Person. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1964, 83pp., very good gray cloth with decorated boards, light wear. SIGNED on blank page facing title page: John Ciardi. Poems. Later career work from successful poet and teacher who fell from favor in the 1960s.…

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 38 pp. : illustrated (some in color) ; 22 cm. ; OCLC: 54832997 ; LC: ND553.D34 ; light blue cloth with red lettering ; 37 illustrations of paintings, drawings and photographs ; VG. Book.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Soren's Story: 33 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.stiff paper wrappers ISBN 9781633812444, 1633812448 OCLC 1301279359 ; John Ciardi : a biography: xv, 557 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm ISBN 9781557285393, 155728539X OCLC 40103522 stiff paper wrappers ; SIGNED presentation by Rev. Alfred Niese on hald title, to Lt. Col. (USAF, Retired) Alan G. Schreihofer; Alan Schreihofer was a member of the Horizon Theatre Company Resource Staff, and an Atlanta Alliance Theatre supporter ; ; both men were fellow students of John Ciardi at Rutgers ; Alfred "Al" Moring Niese, 1937-2022 a graduate of Princeton High School and Rutgers University, where he sang in the Rutgers Glee Club. He received a degree in sacred theology from General and a combined master's degree in sacred theology and pastoral counseling from New York Theological Seminary and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.Niese's interests included raising tippler pigeons, sailing, cycling, and playing and collecting antique reed organs. During the pandemic, he published a children's book Soren's Story: A Parable About Bullies and the Peaceable Kingdom, a parable about bullying and the importance of forgiveness. Passionate about social justice and civil rights, Niese attended Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963 and organized transportation to the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for people traveling from Newark, N.J. In recent years, he organized two evenings of readings and music - at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland and at the Bowdoin College Chapel - showcasing God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson. A prolific writer with a passion for the English language, he drew lessons from the injustices in our world, and in his letters to the editor, he highlighted our collective obligation to be better stewards of this planet. His latest opinion piece, on the war in Ukraine and Russian hubris, was published by the Portland Press Herald last May. By chance, he died on the very same day as Frederick Buechner, a theologian he often quoted.; Edward Cifelli is a retired professor of American Literature. He has written literary biographies of poets David Humphreys and John Ciardi ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

First Edition. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 83 pages; Description: 83 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Poetry. Notes: "An Atlantic Monthly Press Book. " 1 Kg. …

Zustand: Very good. - Over 100 words penned on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide "Rutgers University / The State University of New Jersey / College of Arts and Sciences / English Department" stationery with his personal address stamped in blue at the top right of the page. John Ciardi thanks the literary critic and science fiction author Basil Davenport for the signed copy of a book: "I've had a fine time being told ghostly tales. Thanks for the book and for the inscription." He goes on to proclaim that "The inscription is certainly enough to make this a collector's item in my happy estimation." but as he read the book he discovered 25 pages missing from his copy which might make it even more unusual. He suggests that Davenport "as author, might want to have somebody check copies to make sure my volume's error is not general." Signed "John". Folded for mailing with some diagonal offsetting to the top left corner. Very good. The American poet, translator and etymologist John Ciardi (1916-1986) is best known for his poetry and his translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy".A member of the Baker Street Irregulars, the recipient Basil Davenport (1905-1966) was an American literary critic, anthologist and author of science fiction novels. Davenport arranged and edited "Ghostly Tales to Be Told: A collection of Stories form the Great Masters, arranged for reading and telling aloud" published in 1954.…

unbound. Zustand: near fine. A.L.S. "John Ciardi". 8vo. 1 page, (Middlebury) June 19th 1958, to a young schoolteacher, in part: ".Please forgive the scrawl. I am in the hospital for a few days of elaborate resting and must improvise correspondence. I am sorry to say that I am unable to foresee anyway of getting you to Bread Loaf. My budget is now over-committed. The enrollment is at the point where every available bed is committed. And most critically, our office has had to be enlarged to the point at which we are short of available lecture hours." Fine. American poet and author.…