9780394523866 - Monolithos by Gibert, Jack (21 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Edition. With dust jacket. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Light wear and soiling to edges of text block with blue mark on top edge. Text is unmarked. Dj shelf worn with scuffs, creases, toning & small tears in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Poet's second collection, often considered his best. First edition, full number line. In mylar protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. Gilbert's second book, published twenty years after the legendary debut "Views of Jeopardy" (1962). Fine black cloth hardcover in near fine dust jacket. 8vo. 93 pp. DJ has a discolored area on the underside and is now protected by mylar cover so completely masked over. Ships fast with tracking.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good clean tight copy. Text free of marks. Professional book dealer since 1999. All orders are processed promptly and carefully packaged.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Includes dust jacket. First Edition. First edition. DJ very good, not price-clipped; slight aging and wear to edges. Pages clean and bright. Binding tight.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Gift inscription on front free endpaper, else very good in a very good (light age toning to flaps and rear panel, one short closed edge tear on rear panel) dust jacket.; 93 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Single 1/8 inch abrasion to jacket. One faint 3/4 inch abrasion to back of cloth--visible in photo.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 93 pages. Gilbert's long awaited second collection of poems. Gilbert's first book, "Views of Jeopardy" won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Competition and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. A clean near fine copy in cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some slight toning to the edges. A very nice copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. First printing. Gilbert's revered follow-up collection to his 1962 debut (VIEWS OF JEOPARDY) in the Yale Younger Poets series. Considered to be his best book. In 1983, MONOLITHOS won the American Poetry Review Prize, the Stanley Kunitz Prize, and was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist. 8vo black cloth. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy, with publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($11.50). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Ships in well padded box. A beautiful copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine (light age toning to flaps and rear panel, light paper clip impression at the top of the rear panel) dust jacket.; 93 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. 93 pages. Fine in near fine dust jacket with light wear at top front flap fold.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. ** SIGNED, 1ST EDITION ** New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, blue topstain, in unclipped dust jacket; [12],93pp. Fine pages that are bright with sharp page corners. Very Good dustjacket, wear to jacket margins, flaps a bit toned, most noticeably on from top board. 1 mm tear on top front of the dust jacket. (Please see photos) Signed by the author on title page. Enjoy! Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition / First printing. Black cloth. 93 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First Edition Stated. Octavo; publisher's cloth, blue topstain, in unclipped dust jacket; [12],93pp. Light wear to jacket margins, flaps a bit yellowed, else a Very Good to Near Fine copy. Signed by the author on title page and dated 1994.

** SIGNED, 1ST EDITION ** Signed first edition, Fine book with a Fine Dustjacket. Mild toning to extremities of jacket. A sharp, clean copy. Please review photos of this exceptional copy! This collection of poetry that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Gilbert's social proximity to Beat greats Ginsberg and Spicer may imply an associated stylistic proximity, but Gilbert wrote through a more traditional lineage. In this collection, revised poems from his first work, the critically-acclaimed 1962 VIEWS OF JEOPARDY, are presented alongside new poems after twenty years of public silence. "Steeped in shadowy grammar and ornately wrought lines," the "treasure-chest style" (Knapp) of MONOLITHOS earned it the Stanley Kunitz Prize and the American Poetry Review Prize, as well as nominations for all three major American book awards. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original black cloth with silver and blind lettering. Original unclipped ($11.50) pictorial dust jacket, designed by James Laughlin. Signed by Gilbert to title page. This copy is protected in a removable protective mylar covering. Enjoy!

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. A fine copy in a fine jacket. A clean copy with price ($11.50) intact on front flap. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Although not marked in any such way, this book came from the library of poet and literary critic J.D. McClatchy, from his estate in Stonington, Connecticut. A beautiful copy of the title nominated for the Pulitzer, National Book Award, and National Book Critics Choice Award.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket. Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. Signed first edition, a review copy, of this collection of poetry that was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Gilbert's social proximity to Beat greats Ginsberg and Spicer may imply an associated stylistic proximity, but Gilbert wrote through a more traditional lineage. In this collection, revised poems from his first work, the critically-acclaimed 1962 VIEWS OF JEOPARDY, are presented alongside new poems after twenty years of public silence. "Steeped in shadowy grammar and ornately wrought lines," the "treasure-chest style" (Knapp) of MONOLITHOS earned it the Stanley Kunitz Prize and the American Poetry Review Prize, as well as nominations for all three major American book awards. 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original black cloth with silver and blind lettering. Original unclipped ($11.50) pictorial dust jacket, designed by James Laughlin. Top edge stained blue. 94 pages. Signed by Gilbert to title page. Review copy with original review slip laid in. Mild toning to rear of jacket. A sharp, clean copy. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. A trifle foxed on the bottom edge else fine in about fine dustwrapper with a crease on the front flap.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. A trifle foxed on the endpapers, still fine in fine dustwrapper.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Stain on rear board thus only good in very good dustwrapper with a corresponding stain on the inside of the rear panel. Nicely Inscribed by the author to poet and translator Bruce Berlind: "For Bruce with thanks, Jack Gilbert 1982." Gilbert's second book.