New York, New York, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. BF4 - A tight, clean, sound copy with very minor overall shelf wear with the dust jacket mylar sleeve endflaps glued to the front and back fixed endpapers plus there are the usual library marks, stamps, and pocket on the top and bottom outside paper edges, the front free endpaper, and the title page. The dust jacket shows only very, very minor overall shelf wear with some very, very light edge wear along the bottom spine edge plus it is still in the original library mylar sleeve plus the front and back mylar sleeve endflaps are glued to the fixed endpapers. A collection of poetry by a noted American poet. The author is a winner of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the ARts grant, and a Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writer's Award. By the author of "The First Hour," "The Only Dangerous Thing," "Early LIght," "The Dog Star," "The Restorers," "Shadows Burning," Memory and Enthusiasm," "Out of Eden," and "Shooting the Works." 66p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

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W. S. Di Piero was born in South Philadelphia in 1945. He is the author of six previous books of poetry, and the translator of three volumes from the Italian. He writes about art for the San Diego Reader and has published three collections of essays and criticism on art, literature and personal experience. He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Lila Wallace– Reader’s Digest Writer’s Award. He lives in San Francisco and teaches at Stanford University.

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Seller: Bookmarc's (US)
Seller's Inventory #: SCW12783
Title: Skirts and Slacks: Poems
Author: Di Piero, W. S
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0375411534
ISBN 13: 9780375411533
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Date Published: 2001
Keywords: Poetry Poem Poems Poetic Works Poetry Collection Poetry Collections Single Poet Single Author Single Writer
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry / Poetry First Editions; Poetry / Poets A-H;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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