9780918644244 - The empire of summer: Poems (Thunder City Press poetry series ; no. 17) (2 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Birmingham: Thunder City Press, 1981. Stated First Printing. Limited to 300 copies. Octavo; 56 pages. Photo-illustrated paper wraps. Covers lightly edgeworn with a few scuffs, smudges, and one small dent to surface, but with no chips or tears. Dent extends to first seven or so pages, but not involving text. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. The last of three early books co-authored with Doty's then-wife Ruth and published under a joint pseudonym. The couple divorced during the publication year, as Doty continued to discover and embrace his sexuality. A profile in Ploughshares by Mark Wunderlich describes these early books as ones "to which [Doty] no longer feels an allegiance," and most sources now consider his solo 1987 collection Turtle, Swan as Doty's debut.

First edition. Printed wrappers; small 8vo. 56 pp. Mark Doty's scarce third book, one of 300 copies, and the last published with his ex-wife Ruth as M. R. Doty; his first book under his own name came six years later. Signed by Mark Doty on the title page. Wrappers rubbed, some creasing to extremities, foxing/soiling to inside of wrappers and facing pages; text pages clean. Good or better, scarce signed. In remvable protective covers.