Poems in Praise by Engle, Paul - 1959

Random House. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1959. Hardcover. Some cover wear. ; 97 pages .

New York: Random House, 1959. First edition, 8vo, xiii-[xiv] & 97-[98]pp., a very good copy in jacket.

Random House, 1960. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Signed by Author. Light shelf wear, pages toned; a sound binding; very good otherwise. Inscribed and signed by Engle on the title page. The jacket has some discoloring, wear and tear. A single page poem "Robert Frost" by Engle is laid in and stained the front endpaper. It was issued by the State University of Iowa on the occasion of Mr. Frost's visit to the University, limited to 3,000 copies. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 204589. .

New York: Random House, 1959. Hardcover. Small 4to. Quarter terra cotta cloth with black and silver lettering and grey patterned paper over boards. xiii, 97pp. Near fine. Early (not first) printing of this verse gathering, tight and bright -- and with choice autograph addition: Tipped to front flyleaf is a 4¼" X 7½" sheet boldly inscribed and signed by the poet in black ink: "For Harriet Monroe / With the esteem of / another Middle Westerner. / Paul Engle / Oxford / 1934." Monroe (1860-1936) was the founder and long-time editor of "Poetry" magazine -- in whose pages some of these Engle poems first appeared -- and a highly influential critic and poet seminal to the development of poetry in the early 20th century.