Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Alfred A. Knopf / A Borzoi Book / Random House, New York, 1993
ISBN 10: 0679418865 ISBN 13: 9780679418863
Da: Idler Fine Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Lilo Raymond (Author photo); Cathryn S. Aison (Jacket design); Nicholas Delbanco (Association); William Bailey (illustratore). 1st Edition. Second printing (before publication) of the stated first edition. Signed and inscribed by Mark Strand directly on the title page to novelist Nicholas Delbanco: "For Nick! / with affection and / admiration. / Mark." Additionally, Strand draws an arrow from "Mark" up to the top of the title-page where his full name is in print. Book in fine condition; upper corner tips lightly rubbed, else dust jacket in fine condition. Pulitzer Prize recipient. Signed by Author(s).
Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1975
ISBN 10: 0691062951 ISBN 13: 9780691062952
Da: Idler Fine Books, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Soft cover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. Bruce D. Campbell (illustratore). 1st Edition. First edition in pictorial wrappers: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Author's first book of poetry. Signed presentation to Mark Strand by Robert Pinsky directly on the half-title page: "For Mark, with / warm regards / and admiration. / Robert / 2/9/76." Additionally, a Cambridge envelope addressed to Mark Strand laid-in with a short letter to Strand from Pinsky on a personal stock card, reading: "Dear Mark, / Thank you for The Weather of Words--you kept your / promise! -- and I'm glad. An I, too, have been / busy with the alphabet. / It was great to see you, and really impressive, as / ever, to hear you read the poems. / Yours, / Robert." Light toning to spine and a faint short crease to upper front cover, else book in fine condition. A lovely copy. Mark Strand was named U.S. poet Laureate in 1990 and received the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his collection Blizzard of One in 1999. Pinsky was named U.S. poet Laureate in 1997 and received the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry (2004). Signed by Author(s).
Editore: Wesleyan University Press, Middletown, CT, 1967
Da: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
Prima edizione Copia autografata
Hardcover. Condizione: Near fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. First Edition. Squarish octavo, 77pp. A crisp, clean copy, near fine, in the publisher's grey cloth, just a touch shaken, and with the spine a tinge cocked. In a very good dust jacket with some light rubbing along the extremities. A presentation copy with a pleasing association, SIGNED and INSCRIBED by Justice to fellow poet Mark Strand and his then-wife Antonia in the year of publication: "This copy is for Mark & Antonia, who kept the light on. Don Justice, March 1967." Laid in is a postcard, postmarked in August of 1970, from Justice to Strand: "Aug 22. Dear Mark--Went to the horse races Monday, decided to apply my new irrational 'system' of betting my age in perfectas, & in the very 1st race on which I did so, 45 came in, paying $269.80 for $2. Today is our 23rd wedding anniversary--fantastic! Perhaps I should switch to betting 23 now. I might as well amuse myself, if possible--I don't seem to be able to concentrate on any 'work' here: it's climate & family, I think. Love, Don." On pp. 40-41 there are some light pencil edits to the poem "The Missing Person," likely in either Justice's or Strand's hand. A meaningful presentation copy, with some correspondence that sheds light on Justice's life in the years following the publication of his fourth book of poetry.