James Laughlin Hayden Carruth (22 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Dust jacket in protective brodart cover, text new looking, tight clean unmarked, intro by Carruth, 94 pages, five line poems.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. This book is new. Heel of spine bumped. A compilation of 249 poems composed in a five-line stanza form first introduced in THE SECRET ROOM (1997). Size: 6 x 9.

Soft cover. Condition: New. This book is new. Laughlin shares his thoughts with humor and tenderness as he wades in the waters of his golden years.

Soft cover. Condition: New. This book is new. Laughlin shares his thoughts with humor and tenderness as he wades in the waters of his golden years.

Hardcover. Condition: Used-Very Good. dj. Cloth, dj. Slight shelf wear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. (1998), Near Fine/Near Fine dj, octavo, 94pp., maroon cloth hardcover, excellent unclipped ($19.95) pictorial dj, binding tight, text unmarked, Presented & Signed on half-title page by editor: "For Joanne and Bruce with love from Jo Ann [Laughlin] and Hayden, 2 Sept 2005.".…

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Hardcover. Condition: New.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. 8vo, 127 pp. Light edge and corner wear to wrappers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Later Edition. ISBN 0811213862. Hardback. Very Good to Near Fine condition book in a Very Good to Near Fine condition dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. No statement of later printing on copyright page. $19.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. Copy 2.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Later Edition. ISBN 0811213862. Hardback. Very Good to Near Fine condition book in a Very Good to Near Fine condition dustjacket. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. No statement of later printing on copyright page. $19.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. Copy 1.…

Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Sound binding. Clean, tanned pages. Wrappers have edge rubbing, handling wear, spine creasing. Contents: Munro, Explorations in form. Richardson, Three Americn painters: Sheeler - Hopper - Burchfield. Gruen, The city in the automobile age. Hechinger, Modern American higher education. Raskin, Social security union style. Carruth, The poetry of Ezra Pound. Levin, The example of Cervantes. Kerman, Roger Sessions: the second string quartet. Cassill, The hand, these talons. Kennan, International exchange in the arts. Pound, Poems. Fromm, The present human condition. Dupee, Letter from New York. Reviews by Francis Fergusson, Kenneth Rexroth, Morton White. Translation of American Indian songs by Frances Densmore. Densmore, The Indian's belief in the friendliness of nature. Index to Perspectives, Numbers 1-16. Cover Art; 9.0" tall; 240 pages. Illustrated by Alvin Lustig (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. First Edition. Publisher: New Directions, 1998. Hard Back First Edition Book and Dust Jacket AS NEW. Collectible. Edited and with an Introduction by Hayden Carruth. Spotless burgundy cloth binding with gilt titles, tight, solid and square. Internals immaculate. Grey and white unclipped jacket with woodcut illustration of James Laughlin by Margaret Hall. This is the last book that John Laughlin, a poet of distinction and founding publisher of New Directions Publishing, helped to prepare during his lifetime. The manuscript has been completed and sent to the typesetter before the onset of his final illness and death in November 1997. 247 poems composed in a five-line stanza form first introduced in "The Secret Room (1997). A 'pentastich' refers to a poem of five line without regard to metrics. 94 pages. 9.4 x 6.25 inches. New Directions, New York, 1998. …

First edition, first printing Praise from Gary Snyder and Denise Levertov. Fine bright oversize wraps in near fine paper dust jacket and with crisp bright text. Also illustrated and always fine work by this poet. Softcover.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Single issue, Number 12, Summer 1955. Octavo. 175pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs, color plates. Text in English. Illustrated wrappers. Pages and wrappers lightly age-toned, owner's name on half-title, spine ends and corners bumped, very good. A collection of art, dance, music, poetry, science and more. Contributions by W.S. Merwin, Shirley Ann Grau, Daniel G. Hoffman, Hayden Carruth, Anthony Hecht, and many more. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Single issue, Number 12, Summer 1955. Octavo. 175pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs, color plates. Text in English. Illustrated wrappers. Pages and wrappers lightly age-toned, spine ends and corners bumped, very good. A collection of art, dance, music, poetry, science and more. Contributions by W.S. Merwin, Shirley Ann Grau, Daniel G. Hoffman, Hayden Carruth, Anthony Hecht, and many more. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Single issue, Number 12, Summer 1955. Octavo. 175pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs, color plates. Text in French. Illustrated wrappers. Pages and wrappers lightly age-toned, spine ends and corners bumped, very good. A collection of art, dance, music, poetry, science and more. Contributions by W.S. Merwin, Shirley Ann Grau, Daniel G. Hoffman, Hayden Carruth, Anthony Hecht, and many more. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Single issue, Number 12, Summer 1955. Octavo. 232pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs, color plates. Text in German. Illustrated wrappers. Pages and wrappers lightly age-toned, corners lightly creased, very good. A collection of art, dance, music, poetry, science and more. Contributions by W.S. Merwin, Shirley Ann Grau, Daniel G. Hoffman, Hayden Carruth, Anthony Hecht, and many more. Scarce, *OCLC* locates no copies. …

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Single issue, Number 12, Summer 1955. Octavo. 206pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs, color plates. Text in Italian. Illustrated wrappers. Pages and wrappers lightly age-toned, spine cocked a bit, very good. A collection of art, dance, music, poetry, science and more. Contributions by W.S. Merwin, Daniel G. Hoffman, Mauro Calamandrei, Hayden Carruth, Anthony Hecht, and many more. Scarce, *OCLC* locates no copies. …

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Features contributions by Djuna Barnes, Paul Bowles, Andre Breton, Gregory Corso, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, Denise Levertov, Henry Miller, Vladimir Nabokov, Pablo Neruda, Kenneth Patchen, Octavio Paz, Ezra Pound, Kenneth Rexroth, Gertrude Stein, Dylan Thomas, Tennessee Williams, William Carlos Williams, among others. A well-used copy with creasing and other wear to wrappers and spine (see image). Small x's next to some names in table of contents, inner contents free of marks. A good reading copy. …

First edition, first printing The first edition with its introduction by an old friend of Laughlin, Hayden Carruth. Strong endorsements on the back by Gary Snyder and Denise Levertov. A wonderful collection spanning many years of this fine poet and publisher of New Direction books. Close to fine in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Gift quality.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Magazine. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Pictorial wrappers. 398pp. Light foxing on page edges, else fine. Paper tipped in "In Memoriam [sic] Carroll F. Terrell, February 21, 1917 - November 29, 2003, Founding Editor of *Paideuma*, Founding Director of the National Poetry Foundation"; Hugh Kenner, January 7, 1923 - November 24, 2003, Senior Editor of *Paideuma*, Lifelong Friend and Supporter of NPF." This special volume is dedicated to James Laughlin, 1914 - 1997, & Guest-Edited by Emily Mitchell Wallace. Contributions by Rodney Grove Dennis, Tom Vitale, James Atlas, Joel Conarroe, Anne Conover, William Eric Williams, Hught Witemeyer, Hayden Carruth, Penelope Laurans Fitzgerald, Samuel A. Streit, Emily Mitchell Wallace, Terry Halladay, Leslie A. Morris, Patricia C. Willis, John A. Harrison, Ezra Pound, Zhaoming Qian, Richard Taylor, Demetres Tryphonopoulos, William McNaughton, Patrizia De Rachewiltz, and fourteen poems by James Laughlin. …