Isbn: 9780689106682 - the first four books of poems (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Fair. This edition includes former United States Poet Laureate W.S. Merwin's four acclaimed early works: A Mask for Janus, The Dancing Bears, Green with Beasts, and The Drunk in the Furnace. In choosing Merwin's first book for the Yale Younger Poets Award in 1952, W.H. Auden noted that Merwin had a gift for myth. This ability marked his poetry throughout his long and distinguished career, and The First Four Books of Poems provides a map to a deeper understanding of the stylistic and intellectual evolution of a major poet.…

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 261pp. Fine being poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his name penciled on the front fly and his pencil marginalia on a few pages. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in.

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 261 pages. Anthology that includes "A Mask For Janus," "The Dancing Bears," "Green With Beasts," and "The Drunk In The Furnace." A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards in a close to near fine dust jacket with a tear to the top of the front panel and another tear and associated crease to the base of the rear panel. Seemingly fairly uncommon.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. First English edition. Ownership stamp and signature of an important psychoanalyst on front fly, else fine in very slightly soiled near fine dustwrapper with fine Poetry Book Society wraparound band.