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.

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 81254
Title: The Triumph of Achilles [Signed]
Author: GLÜCK, Louise
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Ecco Press
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1985
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Poetry;

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