Island by Creeley Robert (49 results)

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Good. 1964. No edition remarks. 190 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Blue cloth covered boards with gilt. Ex library copy with associated labels, inserts, stamps and annotations. Rebound paperback. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some mild marking and tanning.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Scarce 1963 Scribner First Editions paperback original of The Island by Robert Creeley. A compact experimental novel from one of the defining voices of postwar American poetry and Black Mountain literature. Dedicated to Charles Olson and published simultaneously in the United States and Canada. An important early Creeley prose work blending philosophical reflection, fragmented narrative, and minimalist style that helped shape the emerging American avant garde literary movement of the 1960s. Interior remains clean and solid. Covers show noticeable staining and wear along spine edge as pictured. Author Robert Creeley Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons Year 1963 Special attributes First edition, paperback original, Scribner First Editions series, dedicated to Charles Olson Topic Modern literature, avant garde fiction, poetry Subject Black Mountain writers, experimental fiction, American literature Condition Good condition overall with clean interior and secure binding. Noticeable staining and wear to front wrap and spine edge as shown.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Light blue cloth with spine titles in black. Octavo. 190 pages. Small ink name on top edge of half-title page, otherwise a bright clean copy in a complete dust jacket with edgewear and and small chipping at top and bottom of spine. Jacket is in a mylar protector. All books shipped in boxes.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 198 pages, a Fine paperback [0714503053]. This book cannot have been published before 1968 (as all other sellers are stating the date as) because there is the ISBN stated on the back cover, and they were introduced in 1968 and at that time only known as SBN. So it must be the UK edition that was published in 1980. Indeed, it has glossy covers, which again is a later feature; although the only date in the book is 1964. Also, I just noticed a price on the back cover with a £ and pence sign - which were first introduced in 1971.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 190 Pp. First Edition, Soft Cover Issue, 1963, First Printing With "A" On Copyright Page. Light Usage, No Marks, Very Faint Damp Staining Externally Around Spine Of Covers, No Traces On Endpapers Or Pages.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The transposed words are on page 145. First edition, first printing softcover. Ligtht wear and signs of age to the covers, has the original Scribner's letter introducing the new writer's first edition series this book kicked-off. Email us for a photo, we ship fast. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. An Advance Copy, stated as a First Edition, with the publisher's slip laid in loose. 8vo. - over 7¾ in. - 9¾ in. Bound in full pale blue cloth with black stamped titles on the spine. 190pp., a Very Good copy with minor bumping to the corners and slight fading to the cloth; the unclipped dust jacket is Good with moderate rubbing to the front panel and light tearing and creasing to the spine.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 5-3/8" x 7-15/16", 190pp incl. prelims. Printed on acidic paper and perfect bound in varnished printed card stock cover. Shelf wear, edge wear, light soiling, age discoloration to cover; there is a divot on the top fore corner of the front where a price sticker has been torn away, and the top fore corner on the back is creased. Spine is cocked, and rounded from reading. Binding is tight. Pages are gently age toned but clean and unmarked.…

hardcover. Condition: Good. Scribners, NY, c.1963, 8vo., cloth, 190pp., ex-lib.- stamps on foredge, & pocket peeled from front free ep, ow G/G $.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. American First. Minimal wear; some age toning to edges of covers; otherwise a solid, clean copy with no marking or underlining; collectible condition; 190 pages. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, later printing. A very lovely near find copy in wrappers. Signed by Creeley on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition. 190pp. Octavo [21 cm.] Light blue cloth with black stamped title on bacsktrip. Very good/Near fine. Minor rubbing to corners of jacket. Faint crease to front panel of jacket. Two small discolorations on rear free endsheet from price stickers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 190 pages. First edition, first printing. Dust jacket art by David Lunn. Creeley's first novel. One of 2616 hardcover copies. Second state with page 145 corrected. Fine in very good plus dustjacket with short creased tear at upper corner of front panel and other light rubbing. Lunn, David (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: GOOD. NONE. Cocked spine and flat pages with no wrapper. Underlined in pencil are the transposed lines on pp 145 indicating it is likely the first edition. Additional card laid inside front cover asking for a review. author is "somewhat disappointed. Spine Covers are soiled, spine is heavily creased, as well as, on front cover and rear lower corner. Wear along all edges of covers. Lower page edges have pen markings. …

First trade paperback printing. 190 pp. Fine in printed wrappers. Issued simultaneously with the hardcover issue.

Later trade paperback printing. 190 pp. Small ink price on first leaf, bump to base of spine, else very good plus in printed wrappers. INSCRIBED by Creeley to Clarence Major, "for Clarence with love, Bob." Creeley has also penend his mailing address above the title.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1963 Scribners, 1st Edition/1st Printing. $3.50 pricing on DJ flap. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket - nick to spine crown, two bumps (indentations) on top front edge of boards; shallow V-shaped chip to DJ spine crown, rubbing with a few nicks to DJ spine ends & corners & bottom front edge.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED by author. Later printing paperback, lightly edge worn and soiled, bottom tip bumped.; 8.0 X 5.2 X 0.7 inches; 190 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Printing. A Fine copy in white, blue and black wrappers, the paperbound issue. 190pp. Creeley's only novel. Q22872.

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. First edition, wrappered issue. Near fine in wrappers.

First Edition. flat signed signature tipped in. Very Good (+), slight bump to crown of spine, top corner of rear board pushed. Very Good jacket, some wear along edges, general handling wear. 8vo, grey cloth boards with black lettering on spine in pictorial jacket, 190 pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Uk. Grey cloth boards, title in gilt. Book has a slight forward lean (not quite square), edges of the page block very slightly yellowed, but text clean and bright, not inscribed. With publisher's review letter.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Very good with a cocked spine, wear around the edges, light soiling. Inscribed by the author. With lines reversed at the bottom of p. 145.

Condition: Very Good. Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, NYC., 1963. First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE hardcover book in NEAR FINE dust-jacket. Poet's first novel. NOT remainder marked. NOT price-clipped. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition. A Fine copy in pale blue cloth, in a Near Fine blue dustwrapper, not price-clipped, with mild wear to points, unfaded. 190pp. Q06220.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Near fine with stamp and partial sticker inside front cover in near fine dustwrapper with short tears on edges. Advance copy with publisher's slip laid in.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with short tears on edges.