The winner of Britain's Forward Prize for Best First Collection of Poetry by a talented Scottish poet contains forty-two poems treating such subjects as eating oysters and a British soldier's unwelcome presence in Scotland. 10,000 first printing.
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"The reader is almost blinded by the incandescent authority of these poems."-The Atlanta Journal-Constitution "Robin Robertson is instantly recognizable as a poet of vivid authority, commanding a surprised, accurate language of his own. . . . This is a first book of extraordinary gifts and assured maturity."-W. S. Merwin
The first collection from one of the Poetry Book Society's Next Generation of poets
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hardcover, Condition: Very Good, Harcourt Brace & Co., NY, c.1998, 1st., smaller 8vo., hardcover, 89pp., dog-eared corners, ow VG/VG $. Seller Inventory # 103527
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a very subtle lean to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, and mild wear to the cover edges and corners. Overall, as solid, Very Good+ copy in a like, unclipped dust jacket, which has slight bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, and a touch of rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar. Seller Inventory # 207340
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First American edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with small dampstain internally on spine tail. Poetry. Seller Inventory # 402159
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Signed by the poet. Signed. Seller Inventory # 433261