Merwin Jay (9 results)

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Very Good dust jacket. 2nd edition. Signed by Davison on title page.

dvd. Condition: Used - Good.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 2nd Edition. SecondEdition stated, no writing, marks, underlining, or bookplates. No remainder marks. Spine is tight and crisp. Boards are flat and true and the corners are square. Dust jacket is not price-clipped. This collectible, " NEW" condition second edition/first printing copy is protected with a polyester archival dust jacket cover. Beautiful collectible copy. GIFT QUALITY Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First printing of this edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed by Frank Shivers and Jay Martin. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Good discussion of this important estuary. pp.xiii.272. Illus. Map.

Condition: Very good. First Edition. 15-times signed limited first edition of this anthology of modern poetry written in response to Pre-Columbian sculpture, with leaves autographed by every contributing poet. For this project, Ashton selected and sent an individual photograph to each participant, soliciting a wide variety of poetic responses limited only by the title of the collection. The full list of contributors includes: Barbara Howes, James Wright, Louise Bogan, Theodore Roethke, John Malcolm Brinnin, I.A. Richards, William Carlos Williams, W.S. Merwin, Stanley Kunitz, C. Day Lewis, St.-John Perse, William Jay Smith, Richard Wilbur, Jean Garrigue, and Octavio Paz. Rare. 9.5'' x 6.5''. Original half green leather with marbled boards. Green topstain. Edition of 1500, of which 50 copies, containing autographs of contributing pets, have been especially bound and numbered; this copy no. 41. Black and white photographs by Boltin. [30], 63, [5] pages. First 15 leaves signed in pen, each by a different contributor. Moderate wear to boards, with some chipping to spine ends. Interior bright and unmarked. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a very rare, highly collectible CHAPBOOK for an event (ball) hosted by Lauren Bacall, William Styron and George Plimpton in 1980, "Tenth Birthday Party of Poets & Writers, Inc." In this chapbook, there are 31 famous writers and poets, half of which have signed their name underneath the piece of writing presented in this book. Among the honored poets & writers are 17 signatures including: Margaret Atwood, Louis Auchincloss, Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Gail Godwin, John Irving, Galway Kinnell, Maxine Kumin, Peter Matthiessen, William Meredith, James Merrill, W.S. Merwin, Grace Paley, Judith Rossner, Louis Simpson, William Jay Smith and John A. Williams on the page of their presented piece of writing. The program in the forefront presents the benefactors, patrons, sponsors and board of directors and in the rear 'Happy Birthday' ads; to list a few: The Swallow Press, Inc., CBS, Inc. The New York Times, The Paris Review, etc. The other 16 authors presented in the program that did not sign are: Paul Bowles, Rita Mae Brown, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs, Richard Eberhart, John Hawkes, Arthur Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Cynthia Ozick, Carl Rakosi, Samuel Beckett, Ishmael Reed, Ntozake Shange, William Stafford, John Updike and Derek Walcott. Roseland, CA, October 22, 1980, 1980 Poet's & Writers, Inc., New York, New York. Helen Handley, General Chair, President, Friends of Poets & Writers, Inc.; Galen Williams, Founder and Executive Director. 4to. Unpaginated ~64pp. RARE. COLLECTIBLE. MORE PICS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST- B.R. Box 162.