signed first edition
1951 · New Haven, CT
by Rich, Adrienne Cecile
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1951. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Adrienne Cecile Rich, inscribed "with best wishes on her Commencement" to a former owner. 85 pp. Bound in publisher's pale pink paper covered boards with titles printed in brown. Near Fine, with slight fading and faint creasing to spine, light bruising to spine ends. In a Very Good price clipped and edge worn dust jacket, with light soiling and scuffing, fading to spine and top edge, and a small damp stain to the front panel. Rich's first trade printing, published in a small print run of 551 copies, and preceded only by works of juvenilia. Winner of the Yale Younger Poets Prize.
(Inventory #: 140937352)