Two Citizens (Uncorrected Proof)
by WRIGHT, James
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A collection of poems. A near fine copy in wrappers with publisher information sheets affixed to the front panel.
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This Journey
by WRIGHT, James
Concord, NH: William B. Ewert, Publisher, 1981. First edition. Small softcover. Number 23 of only 125 copies that were designed and printed by Christine Bertelson on Fabriano Umbria handmade paper. A posthumously released poem by Wright that has a drawing by Marta Anderson. A fine copy in string tied wrappers. Signed by both Bertelson and Anderson on the colophon page.
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The Green Wall (Signed)
by WRIGHT, James
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1958. Second printing. Hardcover. 93 pages. Wright's first book, a collection of poetry. The 53rd entry in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Features a foreword by W.H. Auden. A near fine copy in paper covered boards with some slight pushing to the spine ends and in near fine dust jacket. Signed and warmly inscribed by Wright on the front free endpaper. Uncommon signed.
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Collected Poems (Signed Association Copy)
by WRIGHT, James
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1971. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 215 pages. Pulitzer Prize winning collection by James Wright. Literary critic and author Alfred Kazin's copy with his marginalia and notes throughout. A very good copy in cloth boards with some foxing to the page edges and in a very good dust jacket with foxing, some edge tears and wear to the rear panel and some other light wear as well. Signed and inscribed by Wright on... Read More
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This Journey
by WRIGHT, James
New York: Random House, 1982. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 88 pages. Wright's final collection of poems. A clean very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Less common in cloth.
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The Temple in Nimes
by WRIGHT, James
Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1982. First edition. Hardcover. Letter R from an edition of 26 copies printed on Antique laid. A posthumously released collection of Wright's poems designed, printed and bound by Nancy King and William Ferguson. A fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a fine glassine dust jacket.
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The Summers of James and Annie Wright
by WRIGHT, James and Annie Wright
New York: Sheep Meadow Press, 1981. First edition. Softcover. 34 pages. A paperback original collection of short sketches and mosaics. A fine copy in wrappers.
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Reply to Matthew Arnold
by WRIGHT, James
Durango, CO: Logbridge-Rhodes, Inc, 1981. First edition. Softcover. 19 pages. Printed in an edition of 500 copies. A very near fine copy in string tied wrappers.
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Leave it To The Sunlight
by WRIGHT, James
Durango, CO: Logbridge-Rhodes, 1981. First edition. Softcover. 17 pages. One of 500 copies. A collection of ten poems from this Pulitzer Prize winning poet. A fine copy in stapled wrappers.
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This Journey (Uncorrected Proof)
by WRIGHT, James
New York: Random House, 1982. First edition. Softcover. Uncorrected proof. A collection of poems. A very near fine copy in red printed wrappers.
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The Temple in Nimes
by WRIGHT, James
Worcester, MA: Metacom Press, 1982. First edition. Softcover. Number 22 of 150 hand sewn copies into a Fabriano wrapper and printed on Antique laid. A posthumously released collection of Wright's poems designed, printed and bound by Nancy King and William Ferguson. A very near fine copy in string tied wrappers.
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Saint Judas
by WRIGHT, James
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1959. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 56 pages. Wright's second collection of poems. Wright went on to win a Pulitzer Prize for his 1972 "Collected Poems." A clean near fine copy in gray cloth boards with some slight offsetting to the endpapers from the flaps of the bright near fine dust jacket. A lovely copy of the much less common cloth version.
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To A Friend Condemnded To Prison
by WRIGHT, James
np: np. Single sheet folded once to create 4 pages. Includes 2 black and white illustrations and a 24 line poem. A very good copy with a miniscule chip to one corner and some other slight wear. Scarce with no copies listed in OCLC or anywhere else.
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To A Blossoming Pear Tree
by WRIGHT, James
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 62 pages. A collection of poems and prose pieces. A clean and tight very near fine copy in paper covered boards with a cloth spine and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear.
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James Wright: A Profile (Signed Limited Edition)
by WRIGHT, James, Frank Graziano & Peter Stitt (editors)
Durango, CO: Logbridge-Rhodes, 1988. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 150 pages. Copy 13 of only 22. A collection of Wright's poems, letters, and interviews with Wright. Also includes memoirs and elegies by other writers, including contributions by Anne Wright, Robert Bly, Frank MacShane, Franz Wright, E.D. Blodgett, and Galway Kinnell. A fine copy in cloth binding. No dust jacket as issued. Signed by editors Graziano and Stitt on the half title page. A very fresh copy.
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The Lion's Tail and Eyes: Poems Written Out of Laziness and Silence
by WRIGHT, James, William Duffy, and Robert Bly
Madison, WI: The Sixties Press, 1962. First edition. Softcover. 45 pages. Anthology of poems by Wright, Duffy, and Bly with this being Bly's first book. A near fine copy in wrappers and a very good dust jacket with some light wear and some toning to the rear panel.
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Two Citizens
by WRIGHT, James
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1973. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 59 pages. A collection of poems from Wright whose previous book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972. A very good plus copy in two tone cloth boards with some faint foxing to the page edges and in a very good dust jacket with some light wear.
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Fresh Wind in Venice
by WRIGHT, James
Pittsburgh, PA: The Slow Loris, 1976. First edition. Broadside printed in two colors that measures 11" wide by 13.75" high. Printed in an edition of 65 but this an unnumbered copy. Printed on Strathmore American and features a poem that first appeared in The New Yorker. A near fine copy with some soft creasing to the bottom right corner. Uncommon.
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To A Blossoming Pear Tree
by WRIGHT, James
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux / Faber & Faber, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. A collection of poems and prose pieces. A very good plus copy with some minor foxing to the page edges and some splaying to the boards in a ligthly soiled dust jacket with a Faber and Faber price sticker on the front flap. An interesting hybrid copy.
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The Green Wall
by WRIGHT, James
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1957. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 93 pages. Wright's first book, a collection of poetry. The 53rd entry in the Yale Series of Younger Poets. Features a forword by W.H. Auden. A near fine copy with a rubber stamp from a Newspaper receiving the book in 1957 on the front pastedown obscured by the flap of the very good dust jacket that has some edge wear at the spine ends and corners... Read More
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The Branch Will Not Break
by WRIGHT, James
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1963. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 59 pages. A clean and tight very near fine copy in gray cloth boards and in a near fine dust jacket with some minor wear. A nice copy of this fairly uncommon book which marked a departure from his previous body of work. Wright would go on to win a Pulitzer Prize for his 1972 book "Collected Poems.
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Shall We Gather At The River
by WRIGHT, James
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1968. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 58 pages. The fourth collection of poetry from this Pulitzer Prize winning author. A fine copy in gray cloth boards and in a clean very near fine dust jacket with some very minute wear. A lovely copy.
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Transfigurations
by WRIGHT, Jay
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2000. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 619 pages. Review copy with laid in publisher sheet. Anthology of poems from this well regarded poet and playwright. A tight near fine copy in gray cloth boards with some pushing to the spine ends and in a near fine dust jacket with some crimping to the spine ends. Surprisingly uncommon in the cloth edition.
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Balance of Power: Presidents and Congress From the Era of McCarthy to The Age of Gingrich (Signed First Edition)
by WRIGHT, Jim
Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, Inc, 1996. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. A non-fiction work from this former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A tight close to near copy with some foxing to the page edges in a near fine dust jacket. Signed by Wright on the title page.
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Jimmy Wright: The Lost Women
by WRIGHT, Jimmy and Kelly Hogan
Chicago, IL: Corbett vs Dempsey, 2007. First edition. Softcover. 24 pages. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran July 13 through September 2, 2007. Features a poem by Kelly Hogan. Includes color and black and white illustrations. A fine copy in stapled wrappers. Uncommon.
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