Search Results: the open sea and other poems by meredith william

Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Knopf, 1957. 10/61 3rd ptg . Hardcover. good++. inked name verso front cover. Encircled "H" remainder mk on frendpaper. Dedicated to Donald A. Stauffer. good++, no dj, gold-stamped partly faded blue cloth 61 pgs

NY: A.A. Knopf, 1961. 60pp. Dust jacket has a few edge tears and small loss at spine top. Publisher's printed poem by author laid-in. Owner's signature on endpaper. Photos on request.. 3rd Printing. Hardcover. Fine-/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Second printing. Cloth edges lightly faded, a near fine copy in a very good dustwrapper with small nicks on the edges. Third book of poetry. Laid in is a typed letter on parchment to Mrs. Vivien Hone, Editor of News and Publicity from John J. Enck, Chairman, Lecture Committee.

NY: Knopf, 1958. First edition. 8vo, pp. 60. Black cloth stamped in gilt. Endpapers slightly stained, o/w a VG tight copy. Scarce 3rd book of poems.

1961: A. Knopf (3rd Ptg.), 1961. Third. Hard Cover. Very Good. Signed by Author. 1961 Signed Blue Hardcover. Signed and inscribed by author, with handwritten text of title poem inked onto front endpaper. Tight copy w/light rubbing/wear to extremities of cover, faint beverage circle on front cover, very clean within. Very Good/no dustjacket

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition Ltd. run of 1,000 copies. Hardcover. In quite good condition./In quite good condition.. Octavo, [21.5cm/8.75inches], full gilt-embossed ebony cloth w/ mylar-protected dust jacket, pp. 60, annotated. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. ... Meredith worked briefly for the New York Times as a copy boy and reporter before joining the United States Army Air Force in 1941. The next year, he transferred to the United States Navy as a carrier pilot. He served in the Aleutian Islands and Pacific Theater and reached the rank of lieutenant. He continued his service in the United States Navy Reserve until 1952, when he reenlisted to serve in the Korean War. He ultimately attained the rank of lieutenant commander and was awarded two Air Medals. From 1946 to 1950, Meredith had several teaching appointments at Princeton University: Instructor in English, Woodrow Wilson Fellow in Writing, and Resident Fellow in Creative… Read More

Hardcover. Fine. SIGNED by the author: "For Elizabeth Diamond, with best wishes from a fellow Bread Loafer. William Meredith / 1959" Near-Fine in VG unclipped Dj. 1ed, stated 2nd printing, 1958. No reader's marks.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. 10 Line manuscript poem ("Country Stars") , with presentation inscription by Meredith, laid in and dated January 1975. .

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. 60pp.prev. owner name on the front pastedown. Blue cloth, sticker ghost on the lower right corner of the front panel. There is toning to the endpapers, othewise clean. Author signature and inscription on the front free endpaper. Unclipped jacket has orignal 3.50 price. There is toning, stains on the rear panel. Relevant newspaper articles laid in. Robert Lowell blurb on the front flap. . Signed and Inscribed By the Author. Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good-. Octavo.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good or better dust jacket with scuff marks on the cover, and a toned spine. One of 1,000 copies. Author's scarce third book of poetry.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in just about fine dustwrapper with very light wear. Author's scarce third book of poetry.

NY: Knopf, 1958. Bound in black cloth with complete dustwrapper folded and affixed to rear endpaper. Obviously a either a review copy or a "Salesman's Dummy" copy. This copy is apparently signed and dated by the author on the front pastedown (with the previous owner's particulars facing on the ffep). One of 1000 copies.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Slight toning on the endpapers, else near fine in slightly toned, very good or better dustwrapper with some tiny tears. Author's scarce third book of poetry. Inscribed by Meredith to his colleague Robert F. Goheen, President of Princeton University between 1957-1972, where Meredith held teaching positions on several occasions: "For Peggy & Bob, with warm regards. As ever, Bill. New London 1958. At 37, Goheen was the youngest President of the University since the Revolutionary War, encouraged the applications of minority students, and presided over making the school co-educational.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First Edition. First Printing, one of 1,000 copies. Octavo (21.75cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in silver and gilt on spine and front cover; blue topstain; dustjacket; viii,60,[2]pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: "Inscribed with pleasure, at Martha Young's request, to Emily C. Lambert / William Meredith." Subtle fading to topstain, else Fine in a Very Good+ dustjacket, price-clipped, gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with several tiny nicks and tears. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet's third book.

New York: Knopf, 1958. First Edition, one of 1000 copies. VG+/VG+ (with edgewear and moderate toning, with small spot to lower edge). INSCRIBED by Meredith on ffep, “For . . . , with best wishes, on a happy occasion for Connecticut College. William Meredith. Hillsboro Center, NH. 29 July 1958.” Meredith was an assistant professor at the college at the time this, his third book, was published. Meredith won a Pulitzer Prize and a National Book Award.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper with nearly imperceptible sunning at the spine. Advance Review Copy with slip laid in. A very attractive copy of the author's scarce third book of poetry.

NY: Knopf,, 1966.. First edition.. 60 pp w/notes. Near fine in very good plus, price-clipped dust jacket with one short tear and a light beverage ring on front panel. Dated (New London 1972) and INSCRIBED by Meredith, "For Jill / with warm regards / Bill M.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 62 pp. Deep blue cloth, lettered in gilt and silver, with the dust jacket. Minor dulling to gilt, small old stain at foot of spine; jacket spine torn and crinkled at head, affecting the author's first name, but complete. Inscribed on the flyleaf "For Bill Merwin with regards / and growing admiration / Bill / New York / 1958" A nice association between two poets who were both initially published in the Yale Series of Younger Poets and who both later served as U.S. Poet Laureate.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper with some slight fading. Author's scarce third book of poetry. Inscribed by Meredith to another poet with a full page poem "Orpheus in the Underworld" dated in 1961 handwritten on the front fly, and with a correction by Meredith in the text of another poem in the text.