Roses & the Windows
Rilke, Rainer Maria; W. D. Snodgrass [Foreword]; A. Poulin, Jr. [Translated from the French]
Language: English
Published by Graywolf Press, Port Townsend, 1979
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Idler Fine Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.Idler Fine Books
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Condition: Used - Fine
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First printing of the stated first edition (English and French edition). Signed association copy, inscribed by A. Poulin and W.D. Snodgrass directly on the half-title page: "This copy of. / [The Roses / & / The Windows]. / for William Claire, / with great affection and / gratitude, / Al Paulin / 1/3/80- / Washington, D.C. / for Bill Claire / with thanks and good wishes, / W.D. Snodgrass." Book in fine condition; dust jacket with light toning/rubbing to spine, else fine. In excellent condition. William F. Claire is an essayist and poet: "Claire founded the literary magazine Voyages in 1967. Since its inception, Voyages has won a number of awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts award. Claire’s work has been published in The American Scholar, Antioch Review, New York Times, Smithsonian Magazine, The Poetry Pilot of the Academy of American Poets, as well as numerous other major publications. His poems have also been recorded for the Library of Congress archives. He has earned a Rockefeller Foundation Grant for residency in Belagio, Italy and Fellowships at Yaddo and MacDowell." [MacDowell Fellowships].…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Roses & the Windows
- Author
- Rilke, Rainer Maria; W. D. Snodgrass [Foreword]; A. Poulin, Jr. [Translated from the French]
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press, Port Townsend
- Publication year
- 1979
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0915308215
- ISBN 13
- 9780915308217
- Illustrator
- William F. Claire (Association); Phyllis Hopeck and Drew Elicker
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Dimensions
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- A Collection of Poetry, Association Copies, Signed First Editions
Idler Fine Books
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