Sleeping Eye Open by Strand Mark (13 results)

Cloth. Condition: Very Good Plus. Limited and Numbered First Edition. Association Copy of the Author's First Published Book of Poems. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED by author on title page, "for Willis | now I've learned to sleep | with both eyes open, I hope. | Mark Strand 1972". Printed by KK Merker from Romanee type on Curtis Rag paper. This is number 116 of 225 copies. Very Good+. Octavo. Cloth-bound with a sunned spine, but gilt lettering still legible. Mark Strand won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1999, a prize for which Barnstone was nominated on four occasions, but never won. Their friendship and admiration for one another spanned through the decades. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition, Special Edition. Signed first edition of Mark Strand's first book of poetry with 6 other books of Strand's poetry or works of translation. Sleeping With One Eye Open is a Hardcover published in 1964 by Stone Wall Press, it is in very good condition. The binding is strong and square while there is some sun fading to the spine and front cover. This special first edition was limited to 225 copies each individually hand numbered, this is number 71. Red cloth over boards printed by K K Merker on Curtis rag Paper. The inscription is to friends one of which gave the eulogy at Mark's father's Funeral. Their is also a charming hand written addition to the dedication signed Mark. Please see the photographs. Inscribed by Author(s).…

8vo. self paper wrappers, paper cover label. unpaginated. One of 225 copies, of which this is the first issue with the Roman Numerials printed in red on the table of contents page (Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 16. Laugher p.551). The spine is ever-so-slightly faded, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. The very rare acetate wrapper is present. Printed by Kim Merker at the Stone Wall Press with Romanee type on Curtis Rag paper using Romanée type. The first book by this Pulitzer Prize winning author. Mark Strand ( b.April 11, 1934 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island - d. November 29, 2014,New York) was a American man of letters. Strand who would go on to win many awards in his career including the Pulitzer Prize thought highly enough of this his first collection to include ten of these poems in his 1980 Selected Poems. self paper wrappers, paper cover label. Stone Wall Press (illustrator). …

cloth, acetate dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, acetate dust jacket. unpaginated. One of 225 copies, of which this is the first issue with the Roman Numerials printed in red on the table of contents page (Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 16. Laugher p.551). The spine is ever-so-slightly faded, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. The very rare acetate wrapper is present. Printed by Kim Merker at the Stone Wall Press with Romanee type on Curtis Rag paper using Romanée type. The first book by this Pulitzer Prize winning author. Mark Strand ( b.April 11, 1934 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island - d. November 29, 2014,New York) was a American man of letters. Strand who would go on to win many awards in his career including the Pulitzer Prize thought highly enough of this his first collection to include ten of these poems in his 1980 Selected Poems. Stone Wall Press (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 53 Pp. Gilt #80 Of A Limited Edition Of 225 Copies, Strand's First Book. Red Cloth, Gilt; All Text Printed In Grey-Brown, With Contents Page Using Arabic Numerals. Fine, No Wear, Gilt Brilliant, No Faults. Lacking The Original Clear Acetate Dust Jacket.

Hard cover. Condition: Very good. No jacket. Limited edition of 225 copies printed by K. K. Merker. This copy out-of-series. Cover cloth is sunned around top edges. Binding is tight and inside is clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. This is copy 161 of 225 copies printed by K K Merker. Red cloth boards with sun fading on the spine and the top edge of the front and back board. Trace foxing on the top edge of the text block. There is minor soiling near the fore edges of the boards. A very good copy lacking the glassine dust wrapper.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. dj. First Edition. First edition. Copy 184 of only 225 copies. 53, (1) pp. Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine. Very Good with slightly soiled cloth, rubbed gilt, and slight cigar odor. In original acetate wraps, slightly irregularly trimmed along top edge and thoroughly wrinkled, but still quite rare thus. The poet's first book.…

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 53 pages. Number 109 from an edition of 225 copies printed by K.K. Merker from Romanee type on Curtis Rag paper. The first book from this acclaimed poet and writer who won the 1999 Pulitzer Prize award, was the Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress and won numerous other awards. A clean near fine copy in red cloth boards and in a supplied acetate dust jacket. Signed by Strand on the title page. A very nice copy of this debut collection of poems. Signed.…

Hardcover. First Edition. Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's scarce first book, copy #195 of only 225 numbered copies. Apparently issued with a glassine, but not on any of the dozen or so copies we have seen. This copy has a mylar cover on it, but we don't believe it to be original. Sunning to the spine with just a touch of rubbing to the gilt lettering which is clear; contents bright and fresh. Near Fine.…

First Edition. First edition limited to 225 copies (this, no. 19); 8vo, pp. 53, [3]; original red cloth, gilt-stamped spine, without the publisher's slipcase. Near fine copy, from the library of Kim Merker. Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 16: "Mark was a student at the Writers Workshop at the time." This is his first book.…

First Edition. Red cloth stamped in gilt at spine in acetate dustjacket; 8vo. 53 pp. A Fine copy of the poet's first book, number 105 of 225 copies printed by K[im] K Merker of the press. The gilt a bit dull, else Fine. Clear acetate jacket has one chip, else minor loss and wear at edges. The Pulitzer Prize winner's first collection; ten of the poems first included here are reprinted in his "Selected Poems" (1980).…

First Edition. First edition limited to 225 copies (this, no. 41); 8vo, pp. 53, [3]; original red cloth, gilt-stamped spine, publisher's slipcase. Fine copy, from the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Strand to Merker: "To Kim / Who published the first and most recent - elegantly, beautifully. With high regard and abiding affection. / Mark Strand." Berger, Printing & the Mind of Merker, 16: "Mark was a student at the Writers Workshop at the time." This is his first book. …