The Triumph of Achilles [first edition] by Glück, Louise - 1985

New York: The Ecco Press, 1985. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Binding trifle cocked at the spine else fine in near fine dust jacket with a a light vertical impression on the cover and a bit of creasing at the spine base. Winner of the 1985 National Book Critics Circle Award.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1985. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First edition of the Pulitzer- and Nobel-winning authors fourth book of poetry, the title poem addressing "the power of grief to motivate heroic action" (Morris, 50) - not through victory in battle, but through Achilles's love of Patroclus. 8'' x 5.5''. Original quarter grey cloth, red paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. In original unclipped ($13.50) color typographic dust jacket. Volume 32 in The American Poetry Series. [12], 60 pages. Light toning to jacket. Slight spine lean. Neat and clean.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1985. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); brick red paper-covered boards and pale grey cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, and author's initials embossed onto front cover; dustjacket; [xii],[2],3-60pp. Signed by the author on the upper title page. Mild foxing to upper backstrip, very faint scuff to lower front cover; contents clean; Near Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $13.50), showing modest shelfwear, some rubbing and a tiny nick to crown, and a faint crease to upper rear panel; printed sticker announcing "Winner of the Poetry Society of America's Melville Kane Award, 1985" mounted to lower front panel; Very Good+. The Nobel Prize-winning poet's fourth collection of verse, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award.