New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1972. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial corner-clipped (NOT price-clipped) dust jacket. xvii, 396pp. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with spine lightly sunned. Attractive, tight first edition of this National Book Award winner, and with lovely autograph addition to boot: Tipped to front flyleaf is a 6½" X 3 3/4" envelope with Cornell University address imprinted at upper right, above which the poet adds "Ammons" in blue ballpoint. Contained within this is a near fine Autograph Letter Signed from him, 1p, 6" X 9", Ithaca, NY, 7 April 1983. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). On "Cornell University" letterhead (where Ammons taught from 1964 to 1998), Ammons writes cordially if cryptically, in part: "How nice to hear from you; and thank you for telling me about George McMillan. I'm afraid I can't deal with that 'log' right now -- but maybe someday...." Signed simply "Archie" and boldly penned in blue ballpoint. Perhaps Ammons refers to the writer (1913-87) who penned some World War Two naval histories; Ammons served as sonar operator in the U.S. Navy aboard a destroyer escort during the war, so it's likely that WW2 naval veteran Gates was bringing some book to a fellow vet's attention.

Reviews

(Log in or Create an Account first!)

Details

Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 48210
Title: Collected Poems 1951-1971
Author: AMMONS, A.R
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0393042413
ISBN 13: 9780393042412
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1972
Bookseller catalogs: Books; Poetry;

Terms of Sale

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.

About the Seller

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from Biblio customers.

Biblio member since 2005

Galena, Illinois

Ask Seller a Question

About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.

Glossary
Frequently asked questions

Glossary

Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:

Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...