first edition
1980 · New York
by Glück, Louise
New York: The Ecco Press, 1980. First printing. Fine in near fine jacket.. First edition, review copy with publisher's promotional broadside laid in, of the Nobel-winning author's third book of poetry, a "confrontation with the fragility and risk involved in allowing oneself to love what is passing" (Morris, 6). 8.25'' x 5.25''. Original purple cloth, spine lettered in silver. In original unclipped ($9.95) purple pictorial dust jacket. Dark grey endpapers. American Poetry Series volume 20. [10], 48, [4] pages. Publisher's promotional broadside (with the complete first poem in the book, "The Drowned Children") laid in. Jacket with light edgewear.
(Inventory #: 50496)