What Grass Says by Simic Charles (15 results)

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Simic signed (half title page) staple bound softcover with illustrations by Joan Abelson. Tiny bump upper right corner, otherwise tight and unmarked. B43 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Saddle-stitched in wrappers, illustrated with 12 colorful prints by Joan Abelson. $1.50 price on rear cover, Santa Cruz address. First printing of the poet's first book. A bit toned at the extremities and with minor shelf wear, very good plus to near fine.

First edition. [48 pp]. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Poems by Simic illustrated with 12 prints by Joan Abelson. Simic's first book.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Simic on the half-title page. No statement of copyright or edition. Presumed first as a publisher prospectus is laid in. Very good publisher's stapled wraps with some tanning along the spine. Diagonal crease on the back panel. Signed by Author.

Stapled wrap. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine; very minor rubbing to extremities; light tanning to spine and to edges of rear wrap; a little rust to staples; else Fine. Staple bound; unpaginated; 24 leaves of different colors, with 21 color prints by Joan Abelson. Date and edition not stated. Signed by the author on the half title page. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Second edition. [48 pp]. Very near fine in stapled wrappers. Illustrated with 12 prints by Joan Abelson. Simic's first book. Different publisher address opposite title page, different paper, and different color ink on cover. SIGNED by Simic.

Decorated wraps. Joan Abelson (illustrator). First Edition. Decorated wraps. Poet's first book, issued in an edition of 1000 copies, this in the first state binding. Illustrated with 12 color prints by Joan Abelson. Slight foxing to covers; toning to text. Very Good.

Stapled Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, softcover, signed by the author, corners bumped with creasing to covers and pages, light soiling to covers, a couple small peels to spine just under top binding staple, and pages lightly browned. A Very Good copy in stapled wraps.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good + in Wraps. First printing. Simic's first book. Charles Simic has signed this copy on the titlepage. Two small black smudges at the upper righthand corner of front cover. Second issue binding with fuschia printing.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Octavo. Twelve prints by Joan Abelson. Decorated wrappers. About fine. One of 1000 copies. Author's first book.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Illustrated by Joan Abelson. Limited to 1000 copies, with an additional TLS from Simic to fellow poet Stu McCarrell. Very Good. Wraps toned and with some stray marks and stains. Firmly bound with two staples, toned pages, clean otherwise. The first collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. Interestingly, in the letter he expresses his disappointment with the design of the book. He also notes his disappointment with Robert Bly's latest release, lamenting that "[Bly] writes every poem with Neruda and Trakl in mind." Judging by the timing of the letter, it's likely Simic is referring to The Light Around the Body, which won the National Book Award.

Stapled Wrappers. Condition: Excellent. Abelson, Joan (illustrator). First Edition Wrappers. 1 out of 1000 author's first book.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Twelve prints by Joan Abelson. Decorated wrappers. Sticker shadows on front wrap, some age-toning, very good. One of 1000 copies. Author's first book, Inscribed to poet Daniel Hoffman: "For Dan: to quote my friend Jim Harrison "This is the ugliest book ever made." Charlie. April 3, 1982.".

Condition: Slight toning and soil. First Edition. 8vo, unpag; printed wrappers, stapled. One of 1000 copies, the entire edition of the poet's first book, designed and printed by George Hitchcock.

Condition: Fine. First edition. 8vo, stapled wrappers. One of 1000 copies, the entire edition of the poet's first book, designed and printed by George Hitchcock. Loosely inserted into this copy is the scarce undated four-page booklet, "Three Poems," handprinted on a single leaf, and including "The Spoon," "Tools," and "Sands.".