THE SLEEPING GYPSY AND OTHER POEMS by Garrett, George | illustrations by Alys Downs - 1958

Austin, TX: Univ. Of Texas Press, 1958. hardcover Large octavo, 70pp., Smudging on fron enepaper, d/j worn. Fine- inFair dust jacket. First Edition.. Hardcover. Woodcuts by Jo Alys Downs./Dust Jacket Included.

University of Texas Press. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. Acceptable dust jacket. Dampstained. Dust Jacket corner clipped. Back of dust jacket is peeling. (Poems, Poetry)

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1958. First Edition. With Drawings by Jo Alys Downs. Near Fine in VG unclipped dustjacket (sunning to flaps, stain to rear, soiling, and chipping to spine). INSCRIBED in 1959 by Rozanne Epps, later a contributing editor at Style Magazine, to noted art critic and personality Aline Saarinan, “To Aline Saarinan with thanks for her wonderful part in our program Rozanne Epps Richmond—1959.” Garrett's third book.

Austin: University of Texas Press. Near Fine in Very Good- dust jacket. 1958. 1. Hard Cover. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. viii, 70, (1) pp .

University of Texas Press, 1958-06-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Univ of Texas Pr, 1958. Paperback. New. 78 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.32 inches.

New. The Sleeping Gypsy is an important collection of poems by an American writer who was only twenty-nine when awarded the coveted Prix de Rome in 1958. When George Garrett's first collected verse, The Reverend Ghost and Other Poems, appeared in Scribner's Poets of Today: IV, critics hailed the emergence of an authentic new talent of great promise. Babette Deutsch, writing in the New York Herald Tribune, said, "His poems are short, highly charged, and also, as he intended, clear. They move rapidly, without waste, exhibiting a lively skill and vigor in action.... His sensitive perceptivity makes his thoughtful insights more memorable." Louise Bogan, writing in the New Yorker, said, "It is good to come upon [in Garrett's work] an ordered brilliance and effects, long neglected, that link us to the ancient tradition of English 'song.'" Readers will find in The Sleeping Gypsy all of the qualities that distinguished Garrett's earlier… Read More

TX: University of Texas Press, 1958. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Illustrated by Jo Alys Downs. Very good or better in very good dustwrapper. Hardcover, lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, corners slightly bumped. Dustwrapper rubbed and chipped at spine ends and corners and edges, piece missing from top front, soiled and worn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

Paperback / softback. New. A collection of poems by an American writer who was but twenty-nine when awarded the coveted Prix de Rome in 1958.

Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Quarto. Fine in a very good dustwrapper with light wear along the bottom edge and the flap folds.