Praise (The American poetry series ; v. 17) by Robert Hass - 1979

HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York: The Ecco Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. 091294661X . 68 p. 21.5 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Slightly sunned along the top edges. Else fine. Inside pages are clean and unmarked. Dust jacket spine and top edge of front panel are sunned. Light wear to edges and corner tips. Lightly shelf rubbed. Not price clipped. The second volume of poetry from noted American writer Robert Hass. "He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He won the 2007 National Book Award and shared the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for the collection Time and Materials: Poems 1997–2005. In 2014 he was awarded the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets". (from Wikipedia) The American Poetry Series; vol. 17 .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York: The Ecco Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Hass to poet and editor Douglas Blazek on the half-title. "Longing, we say, because desire is full of endless distances." In this, his second collection of verse, Hass (b.1941) eloquently examines the use of language. The recipient of a National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and a MacArthur Fellowship, Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt and blind-stamped titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some sun fading along the spine.