THE RAIN IN THE TREES
by Merwin, W.S. (1927-2019)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0394570391
- ISBN 13
- 9780394570396
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition, first printing. Signed by W.S. Merwin on a prefatory blank leaf. A collection of poems concerned with intimacy and wholeness. Among the most widely read and honored American poets, William Stanley Merwin has twice received the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry (1971 and 2009), and was named the seventeenth United States Poet Laureate in 2010. Octavo. Original green cloth binding, with gilt and blind-stamped titles. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 73971
- Title
- THE RAIN IN THE TREES
- Author
- Merwin, W.S. (1927-2019)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0394570391
- ISBN 13
- 9780394570396
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Poetry, Literature, W.S. Merwin, Pulitzer Prize, Poet Laureate
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...