Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1999. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1999. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Gluck loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 51 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Speckled beige boards stamped in gilt.

Light creasing along edges of unclipped dust jacket with one faint stain along bottom edge of front panel. Sturdy and square in boards with just a touch of wear at top of spine. Pages clean and unmarked.

Gluck won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature and has previously won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. She cites Leonie Adams and Stanley Kunitz as influences.

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Bookseller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7994
Title: Vita Nova [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
Author: Louise Gluck
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0880016345
ISBN 13: 9780880016346
Publisher: The Ecco Press
Place of Publication: Hopewell, NJ
Date Published: 1999

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