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Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p.

b-583 Pages clean and tight.

Octavo, softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.

158 amusing, satirical and witty poems. Introduction by Guy Davenport. New Directions Books, New York, USA 1972. pb fine

First impression of the first Paperback edition (First published in hard cover by the University of North Carolina Press in 1969). Introduction by Guy Davenport, written at Lexington, Kentucky. ***Near fine in monochrome illustrated wrappers. Spine tight. No reading creases to spine. No inscriptions. No foxing. Pages clean. Wrappers bright. 204mm x 136mm. Unpaginated. ***'An Ear in Bartram's Tree, a selection made by Jonathan Williams himself, includes 158 poems written over the ten-year period 1957-67; it was first published in hard cover by the University of North Carolina Press in 1969. Amusing, satirical and witty, Williams has yet been called "the most lyrical of young poets", evidence of the great range of mood and style at which he excels. Also varying from the academic all the way to the ironic are the elaborate notes appended to the poems in this volume. ***The title of the collection celebrates the early American naturalist William Bartram's discovery of that rarest of native trees, Franklinia Alatamaha, which has not been seen int he wild since 1803.' (Quote from rear wrapper blurb). ***First impression of the first paperback edition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc.

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Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.

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An Ear in Bartram's Tree: Selected Poems 1957-1967 0.35

Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.35

1972 Williams, Jonathan AN EAR IN BARTRAM'S TREE NY: New Directions Press, c1972 introduction Guy Davenport unpaginated 8vo Remainder mark on lower edge of textblock, minor soiling on outer edges of textblock, near fine trade paperback.

Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 0.35

First Edition. University of North Carolina Press, 1969. Very good in torn and brown d/w.

162 pages. 8.05x5.41x0.42 inches. In Stock.

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A few short tears around the jacket edges closed inside with tape. Clean boards, firm binding, unmarked pages and endpapers. Not ex-library, no stickers. Ships in a box.

New Directions, NY, c.1972, 1st.trade paperbk.prtg., unpaginated, signed inscription by author, foxed foredges, smells a bit of tobacco(?), G $

First New Directions Paperbook edition. Octavo. Ex-library with the usual stamps and stickers, general wear and toning, good only but still a tight, readable copy. Briefly Inscribed by Williams on the title page and dated 1991. NDP335.

Unread book in perfect condition.

Book is in NEW condition. 0.35

New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 0.35

First edition, first printing. Signed by the author. Near fine in good price clipped dustjacket.

Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p.

Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.

Reprint. Introduction by Guy Davenport. Spine and lower panel toned, near fine in wrappers. Briefly Inscribed by Williams on the half-title. New Directions Paperbook 335.

Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p.

Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.

Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p.

Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.

Jacket is tanned along the top edge and the spine , not affecting legibility, otherwise jacket is in good condition. Cover is shelf worn from the top and bottom edges with the top edge being slightly bumped near the top edge of hinge. The top and bottom edges of the spine are bumped. The bottom edge of the text block is smudged, not visible on page margins. Binding is tight. Ink inscription from previous owner on the half-title page, otherwise all other pages are clean and unmarked.

Trade paperback (US). Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 162 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.

Unpaginated. Nr fine/VG. Green cloth covered boards with black lettering on face and spine. Touch of creasing to cloth at tip of top and tail of spine. Green end pages with white illustration of flower by William Bartram. Introduction by Guy Davenport of Kentucky. No inscriptions. Appears hardly read. Unclipped green dust jacket with black lettering on face and also on sun faded spine. Reproduction of photograph of the author on rear panel of dj. Small vertical tear to top edge of front cover. Shelf wear to top and tail of spine and also to corners of the dj. Now protected in archival wraps. This is a heavy book (600gms) and may require additional cost for overseas shipping.

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unpaginated. From the library of Edward Grier. Full page gift presentation to Grier from the author, a few pages have a minor bend at the top corner, else very good plus condition with text clean and binding sound. The dust jacket has done it's job of protecting the book but is worn, chipped, torn, sun faded, stained with a small sticker scar.

Very Good in illustrated wrappers. Originally published by the University of North Carolina Press.

Quarto (26.5cm.); publisher's cloth in green pictorial dust jacket; unpaged; green pictorial endpapers. Jacket spine a bit sunned, corners slightly bumped, else Near Fine.

Large octavo. 7 x 10.25 in. Unpaginated. Very good in original cloth boards with mild foxing to edge of textblock and very good pictorial dust jacket with some sunning to spine. Signed by Williams on title page.

Tall 8vo in dustwrapper. Introduction by Guy Davenport. Thick unpaginated volume of poems by Williams. A very good hardbound copy with some light staining to foredge of papges else clean. Small Grolier Book tore sticker afixed to the first ednpaper. The price-intact dustwrapper is lightly toned at spine and with minor wear to edges. A solid very good copy. This copy has been INSCRIBED by the author and dated in 1986 at Rocky Mount.

Royal 8vo in dustwrapper. Introduction by Guy Davenport. Unpaginated. A vlume of Williams' selected poems. Light stains to page edges else a very good plus hardbound book in lightly used dustwrapper. INSCRIBED by Williams and dated in 1986.

SIGNED: Introduction by Guy Davenport. One of the poet's most attractive collections. Pulling work from 1959 "The Empire Finals at Verona" up to "Blues & Roots/Rue & Bluets". Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with trifle wear, nothing at all offensive. Fully signed by the poet on the half title page. New and bright all around, gift quality.

Selected Poems 1957-1967. SIGNED: Introduction by Guy Davenport. One of the poet's most attractive collections. Pulling work from 1959 "The Empire Finals at Verona" up to "Blues & Roots/Rue & Bluets". Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with trifle wear, nothing at all offensive. Fully signed by the poet on the half title page. New and bright all around, gift quality.

Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. SIGNED (indirectly), dated, and inscribed to literary agent Irene Skolnick, with the poet's usual signoff, "Onword!" Book is in Fine condition. Unclipped dust jacket is in very good condition, discolored around the edges. Large 8vo. Unpaginated. In protective Mylar.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a tanned and lightly edgeworn jacket. Photographer Ralph Gibson's copy with his ownership stamp on the half title page and inscribed to him by Williams thus: for/ Ralph/ from/ Jonathan/ salut!/ Baltimore/ Maryland/ March 1969.

Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a tanned and lightly edgeworn jacket. Photographer Ralph Gibson's copy with his ownership stamp on the half title page and inscribed to him by Williams thus: for/ Ralph/ from/ Jonathan/ salut! / Baltimore/ Maryland/ March 1969.

New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 0.35

Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, (1969). 1st ed., 162 pp. Large 8vo., original green cloth, d.j. (A)

First Printing. Fine in a Fine jacket (but for trace cinnamon foxing to fore- and top edges of textblock. SIGNED by Williams on the half title leaf. Introduction by Guy Davenport. Preceded by a collection of quotations gathered by the author. Unpaginated. Selected from the contents of eleven separate previous volumes. Q10063

Hardcover. First Edition. Very good hardback in a tanned and lightly edgeworn jacket. Photographer Ralph Gibson's copy with his ownership stamp on the half title page and inscribed to him by Williams thus: for/ Ralph/ from/ Jonathan/ salut! / Baltimore/ Maryland/ March 1969.

Selected Poems 1957-1967. SIGNED: Introduction by Guy Davenport. One of the poet's most attractive collections. Pulling work from 1959 "The Empire Finals at Verona" up to "Blues & Roots/Rue & Bluets". Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with trifle wear, nothing at all offensive. Fully signed by the poet on the half title page. New and bright all around, gift quality.

First edition, large 8vo, pp. [162]; pictorial endpapers; fine copy in original green cloth stamped in black, pictorial green dust jacket toned at the edges and spine, and with 2 or 3 small chips. From the library of Kim Merker. This copy inscribed by Williams to Merker: "Kim's copy. Salut! from Jonathan in the cortnfields 1971."