shapiro karl signed (3 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good+. First Edition. hardcover, octavo, first printing stated, 1968, signed and inscribed by the author on front endpaper "For Brow and Nettie with our love, Karl and Teri (up in Hangtown)", 333 pages, near fine condition in a very good+ dust jacket, not price clipped, small University of California Davis stamp on top foredge and bottom, short closed tear with tape repair top front of jacket, jacket protected with Brodart mylar cover, volume includes twenty-five of Shapiro's previously uncollected poems. Size: Octavo. Inscribed by Author.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. This is a very good condition hard cover. The spine is square, binding tight, corners sharp, and is internally clean and NOT marked EXCEPT for William Stafford's signature ("Stafford") on the facing front end page. From the late poet's own library. SHIPS from Eugene, Oregon. Location: case. Signed by Author(s).

Cloth. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: very good. The first edition of The Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer, signed by Kenneth Patchen, from the library of Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Karl Shapiro. (illustratore). First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, [7], 8-242pp, [2]. Black cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. No additional printings noted. Dampstain to lower quarter, evident on endpapers, minimal impact to text block. Rubbing to tips, wear to gilt on spine, dust along top of text block. Previous ownership embossed stamp on title page. In the publisher's first state dust jacket, $3.00 on front flap, light sunning to spine, shelf wear, splits along hinges with archival tape repair, bright illustrations. (Morgan A7a) This copy is from the library of American poet, Karl Shapiro, with his ownership signature on the front free endpaper. Signed on the title page by Kenneth Patchen. Memoirs of a Shy Pornographer by Kenneth Patchen is a satirical novel first published in 1945 that blends absurdist humor, surrealism, and social critique. The book follows the narrator, Alfred Budd, who presents himself as a "shy pornographer" but is more of a meek and introverted character caught in a bizarre and chaotic world. Signed.