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Hopewell: Ecco, 1995. First printing. 8vo. 216 pp. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Slight rubbing to jacket.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine.

Anvil, 1969. First edition. Near fine and bright pictorial stiff wraps with excellent spine and crisp text throughout. The poet's first book. New and bright all around, gift quality

New York: The Ecco Press, 1983. Paperback. Very Good. Signed by the author on the title page, with no date or inscription. Clean pages except for a prior owner's name penned on the first (half-title) page and two corner folds; the soft cover has a short radiant crease on the front and shallow edge chipping, with one tiny fold at the top left rear corner; otherwise well-kept.; 53 pp; Signed by Author.

(New York): New American Library, 1968. First printing. Fine in very good jacket.. First edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid in, of the Pulizter- and Nobel-winning poet's first book, published when she was only 25 and already capturing Glück's characteristic mix of symbolic allusion, disciplined expression of anger, and breathtakingly lyrical composition. 8.5'' x 5.5''. Original grey cloth boards with different grey cloth spine, spine lettered in blue. In original unclipped ($4.00) white tpographic dust jacket. Tan endpapers. [8], 53, [3] pages. Publisher's review copy slip laid in. Jacket with marginal toning and some soil, offsetting from review slip to front flap. Book with touch of toning to spine foot, else clean and crisp.

New York: The New American Library, 1968. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 53 pages. Gluck's first book, a very well received collection of poems. Gluck went on to win virtually ever literary award for her work which culminated in her winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature. A clean near fine copy in an about very good price clipped dust jacket is lightly toned at the edges, a tear and associated crease at the base of the rear panel and some other small tears and wear. Still, a solid copy of this important debut.

ANVIL PRESS POETRY, 1969. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. FIRST U.K. EDITION SOILING TO BACK COVER , ELSE TEXT CLEAN BINDING FIRM, SIGNED BY AUTHORON TITLE PAGE.

THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY , 1968. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. NO JACKET FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING OF THE POET'S FIRST BOOK. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE.

New York: New American Library, 1968. Paperwraps. Fine. Paperwraps. 1st edition, long galley uncorrected proof, original wire staple bound, with custom archival box. The celebrated author's first book of poetry, presented here in the first issue uncorrected proof format. Laid in is a signed letter from Stanley Moss, on New American Review letterhead, requesting a review from fellow poet William Meredith. Gluck won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2020. The long galley uncorrected proof is housed in a bespoke archival box. Minimal wear to edges, else fine. Very scarce. Additional postage required.

Oxford: Anvil Press Poetry, 1969. Signed limited first edition of the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning poet's first book, one of only 50 numbered copies. Octavo, original cloth. Signed by Louise Gluck on the half-title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. "This book introduces Louise Gluck, who at twenty-four is already a poet of terrifying accomplishment. Miss Gluck's work gives us a sense of defiled life made whole again by courage, wit and intelligence" (Stanley Moss).

Middlesex, England: Anvil Press Poetry, 1969. First British Edition, Signed Limited Issue. Near Fine/Near Fine. First British edition, one of a limited 50 numbered copies signed by Louise Gluck. Bound in publisher's original maroon cloth with spine lettered in gilt, printed on rose-colored Glastonbury Antique laid paper. Near Fine with lean to binding, light rubbing to cloth at edges and gentle bump to crown of book and jacket. Jacket is price-clipped, Near Fine. The Pulitzer Prize-winner's first book.