Laughlin James Carruth Hayden (33 results)

Hardback. Condition: New. James Laughlin (1914-97) was a poet of distinction as well as the founding publisher of New Directions. A Commonplace Book of Pentastichs, the last book of his own that he helped to prepare, is a compilation of 249 poems composed in a five-line stanza form first introduced in The Secret Room (1997). A note to "Thirty-nine Pentastichs" in that earlier volume explains: "a 'pentastich' refers simply to a poem of five lines, without regard to metrics. The word is Greek derived, from pentastichos, though few survive from ancient times. The present selection is of recent short-line compositions in natural voice cadence, many of them marginal jottings and paraphrases of commonplace book notations." Musing on the full collection, Hayden Carruth writes in his introduction: "For the reader it is a survey of literature that will never be found in the classroom--praise whatever gods may be--but indubitably will be found in loving and longlasting proximity on many a bedside table." Here, then, are armchair marginalia and aperçus to be savored at random.

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.

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

First edition. 148 pp. Tiny bump to top edge of rear cover, else fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Softcover. Condition: Good with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Alvin Lustig (illustrator). 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 574 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Laughlin was an accomplished poet in his own right. The publisher of New Directions Books, he knew or published practically all the major modernist writers of the 20th Century. A fine collection of very strong poems. Very good in very good dust jacket. Very light soiling to age edges. Dust jacket very good+ with minor wear but three very small tears along edges.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. 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.

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. 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.