Blossoming Pear Tree by James Wright (28 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First trade paperback edition, the hinges are pulling but continue to hold, and the book also has bumps with light creasing to the spine ends and corners, sunning to the spine with mild toning to the covers, rubbing with a few small spots and smudges to the covers, and slight wear to the edges. Overall, this is a solid, tight, Very Good copy.

Condition: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

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: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Slim book. Ex-university library marks, some discoloring and wear to the covers, pages yellowed; a good solid binding. No jacket. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Inventory No: 215970.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover with pink top edge treatment, the book has a tiny lean to the binding, light sunning to the cover edges and the head of the text block, and mild bumps to the spine ends and cover corners. Otherwise, this a solid, tight Very Good copy in an unclipped Near Very Good dust jacket, which has moderate sunning to the spine and cover edges, small chips to the head of the rear hinge and at the tail of the back cover, slight bumps to the spine ends and corners, some shelfwear to the edges with a short closed tear to the tail of the back cover, and a few very small areas of peeling on the spine. Jacket is wrapped in a removable Mylar cover.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG. First Edition. Very good copy. No dj.

First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A collection of poems and prose pieces. A very good plus copy with some minor foxing to the page edges and some splaying to the boards in a ligthly soiled dust jacket with a Faber and Faber price sticker on the front flap. An interesting hybrid copy.

Condition: Used - Very Good. Cloth, dj. First Edition, stated. Jacket spine sunned and toned; toning extends to edges of panels. Some scuffing to panels. Ends of jacket spine lightly chipped and frayed. Else fine. Despite some external wear, a very nice copy. Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. VERY CLEAN AND SOUND.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1977 1st Edition stated near fine, very slight rubbbing otherwise clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very handsomely produced book, with an attractive cover, lovely green boards and paler green endpapers, with its poems and prose poems printed on good quality paper with a deckled edge. In very good condition, its only really noticeable demerits some dust-spotting along the top pink edge of the pages when they are viewed as a block, and some brown spotting along the outer edge of the pages where you can tell they've been held by a previous attentive reader. Otherwise, just a few very minor signs of shelf wear. Please take a look at the photos to be supplied.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. Octavo. Hardcover. Publisher review slip and photo laid in. Pink topstain. Book is very good with spotting to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf wear.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.

First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 62 pages. A collection of poems and prose pieces. A clean and tight very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. A collection of poems. Uncorrected proof (paperback). Areas of uneven sun fading to covers, else very good in plain green printed wraps.

Condition: Acceptable. First Edition.

Condition: Collectible; Good. FIRST EDITION 1977 Farrar, Straus and Giroux Hardback in Dustjacket. Very good overall condition w/ slightly soiled dj. No underlining, etc., NOT EX-LIBRARY. (B).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Fine first edition first printing hardcover, cream cloth-backed green boards, lavender top stain. Sturdy binding, no writing. Jacket good, toning at spine, edge wear, not price-clipped. Poems and prose pieces. 62 pages. M06855.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher: FSG, NY, 1977. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE softcover book in pictorial/illustrated wraps, as issued. Not remainder marked. Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Uncorrected Page Proof of one of Wright's later books, with review slip and photocopied preliminary review (from publisher) laid in. In acetate dj.

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Book in a Very Good Dust Jacket, Unclipped ($7.95). Book is moderately shelf worn and sunned to extremities. Top stain is intact but a bit dulled and soiled. Previous owner's name neatly written and dated to flyleaf. A small, round stain present to a few leaves of front matter. Text is unmarked. Binding is tight and square. Antonio Frasconi designed dust jacket is bumped to extremities, causing a few small closed tears, chips and rolling. Jacket is generally toned and variously soiled. Hardcover. Octavo. [xvi], [2], 3-62pp. Publisher's Olive Green Boards Backed with Beige Cloth, Black Detailing.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 8vo. pp 62. Original publisher's cream cloth over green boards, lettered black on spine. Poetry. Very good in used and chipped, very good minus dust jacket.

First edition. With British price sticker over the US price on the front flap. VG in Good jacket which is age toned round the edges and with a few tiny closed tears.\n\n.

Hardcover. poetry (illustrator). First edition. Hardcover. First edition. A fine book in a near fine dust jacket.

FIRST EDITION. 1 blank leaf + 1 leaf = Books by James Wright + half-title + TP + Dedication page + [i]-[iii] = Contents + [v] = Quotes page + [vii] = half title + 3-62 + 1 blank leaf, Octavo. First Edition.Wright won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for his poetry and four years later published this collection of poetry and prose pieces. It contains his much beloved and often quoted poem, "Written on a Big Cheap Postcard from Verona": Original publisher's floral printed dust jacket with a few "worm holes" and dings to the lower edges. Otherwise a tight, bright and clean copy of this collection by a Pulitzer Prize winning American poet. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

Uncorrected proof. 62 pp. Fine in printed green wrappers. His seventh collection.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition in dust jacket. A fine association copy, inscribed by Wright to his editor, Michael di Capua, on the front preliminary page: "For Michael di Capua / with steady love, / Jim Wright / Dec., 1977." A fine copy in a near fine jacket. Additional images available upon request. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Fine in slightly spine-toned near fine dust jacket. From the library of poet David Ignatow, Inscribed to him by Wright: "for David Ignatow, with love, Anne & Jim. Jan., 1978".

FIRST EDITIONS. Three separately published works. All in original bindings, as issued (see below). SECOND TWO WORKS SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Covers of "Judas" a little sunned, minor issues to other volumes (see below), but fine copies overall. James Wright (1927-80) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet known for lyrical verse that explored themes of isolation, redemption, and the American Midwest. According to the Poetry Foundation, he has been "frequently referred to as one of America's finest contemporary poets. He was admired by critics and fellow poets alike for his willingness and ability to experiment with language and style, as well as for his thematic concerns." The three works in this collection span a large part of Wright's career and show the evolution of his style. 1) WRIGHT, JAMES; WILLIAM DUFFY, and ROBERT BLY. THE LION'S TAIL AND EYES. (Madison, Minnesota: The Sixties Press, 1962) 220 x 135 mm. (8 5/8 x 5 1/4"). 45, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's blue cloth, spine lettered in black. In original dust jacket. Dust jacket a little browned, jacket corners a bit rubbed. Binding with just the lightest shelf wear, contents pristine. 2) WRIGHT, JAMES. SAINT JUDAS. (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1959) 220 x 153 mm. (8 x 6"). 4 p.l., 56 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed paper wrappers. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the half-title. Early $1.25 price label adhered to the rear cover. In the original paper covers and fragile glassine wrapper. Binding unevenly sunned, small sticker or tape removal from upper corner of front cover, front endleaves with light offsetting, excellent internally, the contents entirely fresh and clean. 3) THE BLOSSOMING PEAR TREE. (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977) 217 x 170 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/2"). 7 p.l., 62 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher's buckram-backed green paper boards, front cover with a small floral device, spine lettered in black, top edge dyed black. In original dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the front flyleaf. Dust jacket slightly soiled; top edges of the boards very slightly sunned, two leaves stuck together at the head, internally spotless.