Hayden Carruth. For You - Poems by Hayden Carruth. 1970 First Edition Hardcover Format, Published by New Directions

Carruth, Hayden (1921 - 2008)

Published by New Directions, 1970

About this Item

This is the First Edition of "For You - Poems by Hayden Carruth. Published in 1970 by New Directions, the book serves as an important touchstone in the poetry of Carruth. Here is an excerpt from the jacket blurb: "This collection includes five long poems that have previously appeared, with one exception, only in magazines and limited editions. One critic has called them 'virtually secret'. Yet they are probably the heart of Carruth's poetic achievement, both technically and thematically. Rising from the experience of emotional illness and the asylum, the poems move at intervals and over a period of nearly fifteen years toward a sustained, workable view of humanity in crisis." ******************************* TITLE : For You - Poems / AUTHOR : Hayden Carruth (1921 - 2008) / IMPRINT : New Directions / PLACE : New York / DATE : (1970) / EDITION : First Edition / Jacket photography by Suki Gallagher; Photograph of Carruth by Jane Singer. Trade hardcover; 117 pages; approximately 5 1/4" x 7 7/8"; quarter bound blue cloth spine and paper-covered boards (light paper over the boards given a marbleized effect); photo-pictorial dust-jacket. Photo-portait of Carruth on rear panel of jacket. CONDITION : Clean and presentable with the following noted: BOOK : VERY GOOD JACKET : NEAR VERY GOOD Exterior A bit of compression and a slight touch of abrasion to spine extremities, else bright and crisp with negligible signs of handling. / Binding Solid. / Interior Clean and presentable with no signatures or marginalia. No underlining. / Dust-Jacket Head of spine panel is a bit ragged, with nicking and tears; shallow creasing to front flap. Mild surface rub - slightly more apparent on spine panel. Original publisher's price still on flap. All in all clean and presentable. Looks nice under archival mylar cover. Seller Inventory # 426

Bibliographic Details

Title: Hayden Carruth. For You - Poems by Hayden ...

Publisher: New Directions

Publication Date: 1970

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition