Descending Figure [first edition] by Glück, Louise - 1980

New York: The Ecco Press, 1980. First Edition. First Printing, wrappered issue. Octavo (21cm); original glossy pictorial card wrappers; [xii],[3],4-48,[4]pp. Trivial surface wear, else a clean, Near Fine copy. The Nobel Prize-winning author's third collection of poetry.

New York: Ecco, 1980. First Edition. Purple cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 48 pp. The poet's third collection; this is the hardcover issue. American Poetry Series no. 20. A near fine copy, the top edge of the binding faded; in a good or better complete dust jacket (not price-clipped), worn at the edges with two areas along the spine worn, the spine faded.

UsedGood. This copy has some shelf wear. The dust jacket has some chipping and a few small tears\r\n The pages are clean, free of underlining, highlighting or notes. The binding is tight.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1980. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First edition, hardcover issue. Most of the text with a small area of very light rippling, thus near fine in fine dust jacket.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1980. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition, review copy with publisher's promotional broadside laid in, of the Nobel-winning author's third book of poetry, a "confrontation with the fragility and risk involved in allowing oneself to love what is passing" (Morris, 6). 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in silver. In original unclipped ($9.95) purple pictorial dust jacket. Dark grey endpapers. American Poetry Series volume 20. [10], 48, [4] pages. Publisher's promotional broadside (with the complete first poem in the book, "The Drowned Children") laid in. Jacket with light edgewear.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1980. First printing. Very good plus.. First edition, advance uncorrected proof copy, of the Nobel-winning author's third book of poetry, a "confrontation with the fragility and risk involved in allowing oneself to love what is passing" (Morris, 6). 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original yellow typographic wrappers. American Poetry Series volume 20. [10], 49, [1] pages. Light marginal toning and faint soil to wrappers.