AN AFTERNOON OF POCKET BILLIARDS; poems
signed first edition
1973 · Salt Lake City
by TAYLOR, Henry
Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press, 1973. First Edition, Dedication Copy. 8vo, pp. 78, A very good copy in little worn dj. This volume was dedicated to 4 people, one of whom was poet William Jay Smith. This voluem ahs been inscribed to Smith: "Bill: | When I come to Hollins as a | graduate student, I was in grave | danger of thinking too highly of | myself. I saw that I needed | someone who could raise the bar | for me, and you did that with | love & wisdom. I'll remember that | as long as I remember any thng. Thanks. | Yours ever, Henry | 8/27/98 | Cummington" Taylor received a Pulitzer for his collection, The Flying Change, in 1986. This was his third book. (Inventory #: 58567)