Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture by Dana Gioia - 1992-10-01

Graywolf Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Graywolf Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Graywolf Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Saint Paul, MN: Graywolf Press, 1992. First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo; VG/G; green, black and brown pictorial spine with black and white text; first printing; dust jacket has sunning to spine; slight sunning toward rear head edge; otherwise exterior clean; cloth exterior shows minimal wear; clean, straight boards; interior clean; illustrated; pp 257; signed by author. 1351675. FP New Rockville Stock.

Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1992. Second printing. 8vo. pp. 257. A near fine copy in dj. Inscribed to poet William Jay Smith. Laid in is a presentation ALS from the author.

Graywolf Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Signed and inscribed by author on tite page in his neat calligraphic hand. A very good first edition hardcover in jacket.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. xiii, 257pp. Fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket with a portion of the spine very lightly sunned. Inscribed to noted poet Donald Justice on the title page: "For Don- who'll understand. Dana." Donald Justice is the subject of one of the essays collected here: "Tradition and an Individual Talent." An excellent association. Laid in are a three-page program for "Nosferatu," introduced (in the performance) by Dana Gioia; A reproduction (or offprint?) of Gioia's entry from *American Poets Since World War II. Third Series*; and an eight-page corner-stapled essay by Gioia titled "Warner Brothers' Fat Men" not in this collection.

Saint Paul: Greywolf Press, 1992. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Bound in publisher's original half tan cloth with tan boards with spine stamped in gilt, cover stamped in blind with author's initials. Brown endpapers. Author's signed and dated presentation in black ink with on title page.