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1976: Cloud Marauder Press, 1976. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). 71 pages, 8vo. SIGNED by Philip Levine on title page. Shelfwear: light scuffing along edges and cover, tanning along cover edges and spine, tanned page edges, some light creasing. Volume is in Very Good condition..

Oakland, CA: Cloud Marauder, 1976. First printing. Paperback. Very Good. 71 pp. 8vo, perfect bound in printed wrappers. Internally fine; some sunning on spine and along top edge of cover.

Oakland:: Cloud Marauder Press,. Very Good. 1976. Paperback. B0006D0JTI . First edition (paperback). Faded along the spine, else very good in light blue, illustrated wraps.; 71 pages .

Oakland: Cloud Marauder Press, 1976. First edition thus. Paperback. Near Fine. Trade paperbound volume. 71 pp. Subtitled: Poems; Old, Lost & New. A clean near fine copy in bound decorated wrappers. Reprints poems from the author's first book plus later poems. First thus.

SECOND PRESS., 1964-01-01. Paperback. Good. . Cover shows minor wear, rubbing, and tanning. Inscribed and signed by the author. Pages are shaken and clean.

Iowa City: Second Press, 1964.. Second edition.. 62 pp. Near fine in illustrated wrappers with some light toning to extrems. The first edition of this book was published by the Stone Wall Press in 1963. This imprint was created for his second edition.

(Oakland, California): Cloud Marauder Press, 1976. Softcover. Near Fine. Second, enlarged edition of Levine's first book, originally published by The Stonewall Press in 1963 as *On The Edge*. Slight sunning, else near fine in wrappers as issued. Signed by the poet on the title page.

(Oakland, California): Cloud Marauder Press, 1976. Softcover. Fine. Second, enlarged edition of Levine's first book, originally published by The Stonewall Press in 1963 as *On The Edge*. Fine in wrappers as issued. Signed by the poet on the title page.

Iowa City, IA: Second Press Book, 1964. First trade edition. Softcover. Levine's important first book a slim collection of poems. Levine went on to win numerous awards and was the Poet Laureate and Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. A fine copy in wrappers. A remarkably fresh copy.

(Oakland): Cloud Marauder Press, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Fine. Pictorial blue wraps. A selection from his first book with some new poems and some "lost" poems. SIGNED on the title page by the poet.

Iowa City: Second Press, 1964.. Second edition.. 62 pp. Very near fine in illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Levine on the title page. The first edition of this book was published by the Stone Wall Press, on Levine’s condition that a trade issue be published as well. Printer K.K. Merker created this imprint for this title. Berger 12(note).

Iowa City, IA: Second Press Book, 1964. First trade edition. Softcover. Levine's important first book a slim collection of poems. An about very good copy in lightly soiled wrappers with a small abrasion to the front cover and small innocuous stain to the top corner of the rear panel near the spine. Signed by Levine on the title page. Despite the flaws, a very presentable copy.

(Oakland, CA): Cloud Marauder Press, 1976. First edition thus, comprising the second edition of Levine's first book augmented by the inclusion of seven "lost poems", five new poems and a preface by the author written especially for this edition. Originally published in 1963 by The Stonewall Press as On The Edge. Presentation copy, inscribed by Levine on the half-title page to the poet Jane Cooper, who was his fellow student in John Berryman's class at the University of Iowa: "March 17, 76. For my dear Jane, May your power gather + your pen flow with new wonders. Your ancient brother, Phil". Also signed by Levine on the title page. Fine copy. 8vo, wrappers. Fine copy.

Second Press, 1964. First Edition. Original wraps. Very good. 62p octavo, A very good copy in black and White printed wraps. Some minor foxing to the top and bottom edge of the front panel. This is the first trade edition after a limited edition of 225 copies. Inscribed by Levine to Poet James Dickey who was at the peak of his career. Levine has written his professorial address below the signature. Dickey was writer in residence at San Fernando Valley State College in 1964-65 (California Sojourn,Chapter 18)

Iowa City, IA: The Stone Wall Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Levine's important first book preceded only by a small chapbook. Copy 72 of only 220 numbered copies. A very good plus copy in boards with a vertical scratch to the front board. No dust jacket as issued. A clean and tight copy of this debut collection of poems. Levine would go on, in his long career, to win the National Book Award twice, the Pulitzer Prize, and be the United States Poet Laureate as well.

Oakland, CA: Cloud Marauder Press, (1976). Second, enlarged edition of Levine's first book. Originally published in 1963 by The Stonewall Press as On The Edge. Presentation copy, inscribed by Levine to the poet Gerald Stern on the half-title: "For Gerry, with love & Hope for our poetry & our lives. Phil. Back cover slightly dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy. 8vo, wrappers. Back cover slightly dust-soiled, otherwise a fine copy.

Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1963. Edition limited to 220 copies (this copy unnumbered), 8vo, pp. 62, [2]; fine in original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; label slightly too large for the spine, else fine throughout. From the library of the printer Kim Merker. This is Levine's first published book. Later, he won the National Book Award twice, the Pulitzer Prize, and was the U.S. Poet Laureate 2011-12. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 12.

Iowa City: Stone Wall Press, 1963. Edition limited to 220 copies (this, no. 19), 8vo, pp. 62, [2]; fine in original brown paper-covered boards, printed paper label on spine; tiny spot at the bottom of the front joint, else generally fine throughout. From the library of the printer Kim Merker. Also with a Stone Wall Press address label laid in addressed to Merker's parents, Mr. & Mrs. H. K. Merker, Great Neck, Long Island. This copy no doubt sent to his parents in 1963, which would have come back to him after their passing. This is Levine's first published book. Later, he won the National Book Award twice, the Pulitzer Prize, and was the U.S. Poet Laureate 2011-12. Berger, Printing and the Mind of Merker, 12.

Iowa City: Second Press Book, 1964. 1st Edition. Soft cover. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Signed by Author. First Trade Edition of the poet's first book, (after a privately printed limited edition of 225 copies in 1963), Signed by Philip Levine on the title-page. A fine copy in white stiff card wrappers, printed in black. 8vo. 62 pp. "Philip Levine certainly must be ranked with the finest poets America has produced. He also belongs with those who are most thoroughly American, writing in the great tradition of William Carlos Williams." Peter Stitt, The Georgia Review.

Iowa City: The Stone Wall Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very good plus/No dust jacket as issued. First edition. Hardcover. Tall octavo. 62pp. Limited edition, # 215 of 220 copies. Levine's first book. Brown paper covered boards with paper spine label. Some fading to boards. A couple tiny spots to end-papers. Interior very nice.