Search Results: Poetry from Texas Star Books

Ars Poetica Press, 1961. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed perhaps by author, and inscribed to CEO and founder of Radio Shack, "Inscribed to Charles Tandy with affectionate regards, Mary (Connell) Jan. '75". 53 pp. Collection of poetry. Yellow boards show a little soiling/rubbing, while front board has some minor indentions. Corners and spine ends are lightly bumped. Interior pages have pale damp stain about 1" up from bottom at gutter.

Austin, Texas: Austin Poetry Society, 1976. First Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Scarce collection of poems by members of Austin Poetry Society covering 27 years. 3 Texas Poet Laureates are represented. 139 pp. Trade paperback is sound with creasing and slight tearing to wraps. Spine and hinge areas are sun-faded. Several inscription to previous owner on verso of front wrap. Clean interior. Some yellowing of page ends. Stated 1st Printing.

Austin, Texas: Latitudes Press, 1981. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Initialed by author on front free end paper, V.M. 157 pp. + Index. Book is bright, crisp, tight and clean with very slight edgewear. Dust jacket is bright with very light edgewear and faint spotting where price tag was on upper right corner off front panel. Rear panel has small rubbed area. Very nice copy.

Houston, TX: Anson Jones Press, 1953. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. This is #19 of a limited edition of 500. Sponsored by the Owen Wister Literary Society. This copy was owned by one contributor who became a professor of literature at TCU. Signed by several contributors. Selections from writers who were students at the time, 1953, or had association with the Rice Institute, including William Goyen, David Westheimer and a poem by James Dickey, "Utterance I" - very early book appearance of a Dickey poem. 159 pp. Tight copy with a number of clippings and photos taped to end papers which has caused ghosting. Light wear on corners and spine ends. Dust jacket has price intact and is bright with some small creases. Top edge has several small, closed tears. Now in protective cover.