Thousand Year Old Fiancee Poems by Robert Sward (17 results)

Qtr Cloth and Patterned Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Peter Kahn (dust jacket) (illustrator). First Edition. xi, 80pp. Top edge of dust jacket a fraction dusty. Dust jacket price-clipped. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hard covers in tidy condition with a very good dust jacket, slightly browned at the edges, signed and inscribed from the author to Paris Leary, New Mexico, 11/65 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed By The Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Gray marbled boards quarterbound by gray cloth with silver lettering on the spine. 80 historical and poetic pages! Contents include: "Holding Hands, Three Satires, Five Poems For J. F. K., The Enthusiast, At McConkey's Farm, Grandma, The Act of Eating, Meeting My Classes, Celebration.".

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition first impression from 1965 in near fine condition, signed with inscription to authors Carol and Alan Burns by author to endpage, the gum on the following page has not been stuck properly in the printing process, no other markings, pages clean, binding firm, the jacket has some minor wear to extremities, now in removable protective sleeve, PayPal accepted, any questions, please get in touch. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. First Edition. (1st) Review Copy. Slightly smaller, thinner book, dark gray cloth spine and sides, gray-marbled boards, bright silver lettering on spine, tiny creases at bottom front tip, dark gray-marbled color inside covers and adjacent end papers, 80 lightly browned pages. DJ heavy paper beneath mylar, gray background with illustraiton of nude figures on front, spine slightly browned, b/w photo of Sward on back. DJ has very tiny scratch at spine top right edge, very slight wear at top back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Signed on endpaper by author. "Robert Sward, Taos, NM 12/65." Some chipping on front cover and sunning of book and spine. In good conditon. Inventory #001153. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dj rubbed at 'Fiancee' obscuring the 'N'. Dj and boards mildly edgeworn. Please note: Careful packing and fast, efficient shipping including delivery confirmation. International and Domestic Priority orders for this item Do Not require additional shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. ***please read*** Worn with corner bumps, scuffing on boards, some foxing - DJ shows same considerable discoloration around edges and spine - notation in light pencil on title page - no other marks on text - 80 pages - my shelf location - 28-b-26*.

First edition. 8vo. Cloth. Near fine in a very good, toned jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 80pp. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with spine and edges tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. 80pp. Fine in a near fine dustwrapper with spine tanned.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Near fine in a near fine (age toning along spine) dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Topedge lightly foxed, near fine in a lightly spine-tanned very good dust jacket with a small stain on front panel, light edgeweaer and internal tape reinforcements. Poet David Ignatow's copy with his owner label. Inscribed by the author to Ignatow: "=for David Ignatow, with best wishes, Bob Sward / General Delv'y Taos, New Mexico 11/65".

Hardcover. Condition: Good. some shelfwear/edgewear but still NICE! - may have remainder mark or previous owner's name Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition, First Printing. Decorative paper over boards, large quarter cloth spine, title stamped in silver onto spine, 8vo 8-1/2" tall, pp. xi, 80, decorative endpapers. DJ with spine toned, else fine. Inscribed, dated and signed "Robert & Judith / The Sward's / Victoria / Oct. '69." Loosely laid in is the poem "Impossible Hurricane Loss-of-Name Poem" printed on a heavy purple stock with "spring 1969/INKSTONE" printed in gilt on verso. This poem is also dedicated to the same couple as the inscription in the book, has a few author corrections and dated 1969 also. The separate poem sheet has wear and toning to the areas where it protrudes beyond the book edges.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First. 80 pages, cloth, dust wrapper. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, (1965). First Edition. Fine. Presentation copy, 1965, to Curt & Hortense (Calisher).

First edition. 80 pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. INSCRIBED by Sward, "for Marvin, / with warm regards, / Bob Sward / Storrs, / Febr. '66.".