Permit Refuge by Edwin Rolfe (15 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Moderately Edgeworn. Dust Jacket Condition: Edge & Shelfworn Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1 1/2" tear at upper rear edge of DJ. Small piece out of upper edge of DJ on back cover.Binding firm. Limited, supposedly numbered edition of 1000 with number omitted.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Minor shelf wear to binding. Tanning on pastedowns & endpapers. Pages toning with age, otherwise Text and images unmarked. DJ shelf worn around edges with scuffs & toning in a mylar cover.

Hardcover. x, 46p., limited to a 1,000 copies, first edition, foreword by Thomas McGrath, very good condition in a chipped dj. Poetry by a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. "Rolfe, it should be noted, is one of the politically committed poets whose work largely meets New Critical standards for producing formally coherent, metaphorically inventive, fully realized, and self-sufficient poems. That he is almost wholly excluded from our cultural memory demonstrates that political--not merely purportedly disinterested aesthetic--criteria have helped determine what poets we honor in our texts and literary histories." *Cary Nelson in his book Repression and recovery, modern American poetry and the politics of memory, 1910-1945 - p. 114.…

Hardcover. x, 46p., limited to a 1,000 copies, first edition, very good condition in an unclipped and edgeworn dj with a 1.5 inch closed tear along the spine. Sociologist David Wellman's copy, with his ownership signature and rubberstamp on free front endpaper and rubberstamps on fore-edge, top and bottom edges of textblock, half-title, title page, and acknowledgments page. "Rolfe, it should be noted, is one of the politically committed poets whose work largely meets New Critical standards for producing formally coherent, metaphorically inventive, fully realized, and self-sufficient poems. That he is almost wholly excluded from our cultural memory demonstrates that political--not merely purportedly disinterested aesthetic--criteria have helped determine what poets we honor in our texts and literary histories." *Cary Nelson in his book Repression and recovery, modern American poetry and the politics of memory, 1910-1945 - p. 114.…

Hardcover. x, 46p., limited to 1,000 copies, very good in cloth-backed decorated boards and slightly chipped dust jacket. Poetry by a veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. "Rolfe, it should be noted, is one of the politically committed poets whose work largely meets New Critical standards for producing formally coherent, metaphorically inventive, fully realized, and self-sufficient poems. That he is almost wholly excluded from our cultural memory demonstrates that political--not merely purportedly disinterested aesthetic--criteria have helped determine what poets we honor in our texts and literary histories." *Cary Nelson in his book Repression and recovery, modern American poetry and the politics of memory, 1910-1945 - p. 114.…

Condition: New.

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Number stamp on the rear free endpaper, light bumping to the spine ends, else near fine in a very good dust jacket with toning to the spine, and light edgewear including a bit of loss to the spine ends, not affecting any text, and two holes where the rear panel meets the spine. One of 1,000 copies, the number of this copy left unspecified. Poetry.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition limited. Gilt stamped brown cloth spine over decorative paper covered boards. Near fine in a very good or better lightly edgeworn dustwrapper with small piece of top spine end chipped off, and browned spine. Number 306 of 1000 numbered copies.…

Hard Cover. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. HBDJ, 1955, 1st limited edition, #285/1,000 numbered copies, PC ,2 small pieces missing from DJ, minor rub, wear tiny chips DJ, VG+/GOOD+, AS-IS.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. The first edition of poet Edwin Rolfe's final collection. A limited edition work, inscribed by the poet's wife, Mary Rolfe. With a signed presentation inscription from the author's widow, Mary Rolfe, to the front free endpaper, dated December, 1969. Inscribed 'for Will and Mary Walsh who so graciously permitted me refuge, with much affection Mary Rolfe'. A first edition, limited edition work, with this being number 71 of 1000 copies. In the publisher's original unclipped dust wrapper. A posthumously published poetry collection from American poet, journalist, communist, Spanish Civil War veteran, and screenwriter Edwin Rolfe, who was dubbed "the poet laureate of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion". In the publisher's original cloth backed paper covered boards, with unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Inscription to front free endpaper. Closed tear to head of dust wrapper front wrap, with small losses to back strip head and tail, and small closed tear to head of rear wrap. Light spotting to wrap perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Fine. None (illustrator). signed by author. book. …

Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.