Cruelty: Poems

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. Very Good/Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1973. First Edition, stated First Printing. Octavo (22cm); photo-illustrated dust jacket with $4.95 price intact; boards in white cloth with red lettering; dark gray topstain; [x],46 pp. Jacket edgeworn, with a small chip at head of spine and some scattered smudging and toning to surface. Opens a bit easily between a few gatherings, but binding sound. Pages unmarked.

Debut collection of the National Book Award winning poet, known for her work with dramatic monologues and persona poems.