Introduction by Jarrell Randall (13 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Standard used condition. Reading copy or better. Used Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Tight spine w/o a crease, clean covers with some shelf wear and wear around the edges, no highlighting or marginal notes. This volume is in good shape with a critical introduction by Frederick J. Hoffman. Ships ASAP with USPS tracking.

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illus. By Albrecht Dürer (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. - Inspected, Cleaned, Sealed in Shrink Wrap - Sturdy Binding/Sharp Corners - Returns Accepted / Refunds Given Inspected, Cleaned & Sealed by me, the proprietor. 1940. 1965, reissue. Hardcover book with the dust jacket. Includes a New Archival dust jacket cover. 527 pp. It has a sturdy binding with sharp corners. The top edge and fore-edge have a splashed liquid stain. The text part of the book is clean and unmarked. The dust jacket shows wear to the edge, especially the extremities, with small piece torn out at the bottom edge, 8.5" x 5.85". Sealed in Shrink Wrap for protection in storage and shipping. Expertly packed. *PROFESSIONAL BOOKSELLER* I try hard to get the descriptions right, sometimes I make a mistake, therefore, Returns accepted. Refunds given. -Gordon.…

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Reprint. Collection of poetry by William Carlos Williams. With an introduction by Randall Jarrell. Enlarged Edition. A New Directions Paperbook, NDP131. Sixth printing. Slight handling wear, mild marginal toning, tiny ink check marks to some titles on contents pages, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. xviii + 174pp.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Enlarged edition. Trade paperback. 174pp. Owner's name on half-title, spotting on top page edges, very good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 8vo. Jarrell died in 1965 at the age of 51, yet he created a body of work that secured his position as one of the century's leading American men of letters. Although he saw himself chiefly as a poet, publishing a number of books of poetry, he also left behind a comic novel, four children's books, numerous translations, letters and four collections of essays. Edited by Brad Leithauser. Draws from these four essay collections, reminding us that Jarell the poet was also, in the words of Robert Lowell, 'a critic of genius.'.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. Good+ dust jacket. 12mo. xx, 140 pp. As issued, in beige paper over boards with title stamped in brown on the spine. A fairly fresh copy with limited shelfwear; textblock edges are a trifle toned, otherwise, a clean tight copy in publisher's dust jacket with an abstract design by Alvin Lustig; jacket is fairly worn; front panel is very nearly detached at the joint; chipping at the spine ends; spine sunned; despite this, the jacket presents fairly well in a new mylar protector. Price intact on the bottom of the front flap. A reasonable copy of an uncommon title from this New Directions Classics Series.…

First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed and dated by the author. Original tan cloth with brown lettering to the spine, in dustwrapper. A very near fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean except for two underlined sentences in the introduction. In the good dustwrapper, rubbed to edges and extremities, which is broken at the rear fold between the spine and rear panel. There is a horizontal tear to the center of the spine panel, and a six centimeter tear along the (now quite delicate) fold between the front panel and flap. Moderate loss to upper and lower spine with nicks and loss to outer corners. Owner's note to the front flap explaining that the volume was "Given me by / J. Laughlin [the publisher and founder of New Directions] at / Norfolk --- / August 28, 1950". Inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to the front free endpaper, "Bob Wilson / in memory of a / good jaw / mostly by me / (in memory of Socrates) / William Carlos Williams / 1/29/50". This collection was published March 1949 in an edition of 3591 copies. (Wallace A28). Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. All items are catalogued by humans. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers.…