The Dancing Bears

New Haven: Yale UP 1954. Hardcover. First edition. 7.25" x 5.25". 88 pp. Publisher's printed paper boards and matching dust jacket. Boards slightly darkened and rubbed at edges; some fading to jacket, sunning to spine. With presentation inscription from Merwin to New York bookseller Ted Wilentz. Very Good in like DJ. . VeryGood. Hardcover .

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Lower corners very lightly bumped. About Fine in a Fine dustwrapper. Merwin's uncommon second book, this copy SIGNED by the poet.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Slight bump to crown of spine, else a fine copy in very good or better dust jacket with tanning and rubbing at the thin spine.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A touch of rubbing on the bottom of the boards, else fine in very good dust jacket with rubbing and tanning along the thin spine.

Yale University Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. A nice association copy, inscribed by the author to fellow poet William Matchett on the ffep: Love to Bill & Judy Matchett / all these years later. / Seattle / May 1983 (signed) W.S. Merwin. Also with Matchett's name and date on the ffep. A nice Near Fine… Read more about this item

Yale, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very good first edition in a very good price-clipped dust jacket, inscribed by Merwin on the front free endpaper. Merwin's second book of poetry. Housed in a custom-made collector's slipcase.

New Haven: Yale University Press. 1954. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Original pictorial boards with titles in white to the spine and upper board, in the Norman Gorbaty designed dustwrapper. An excellent near fine copy, the binding firm, the spine tips and corners ever so slightly rubbed. The contents, with a neat gift inscription to the… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954. First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. A spectacular copy of Merwin's second book.

New Haven: Yale University Press,, 1954.. First edition.. 87 pp. Very near fine in like dust jacket. A fresh bright copy of his second collection.

Yale, 1954. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good first edition in a very good dust jacket of the author's second book of poetry. Original price of $2.75 still present on the front flap of the dust jacket. One of the best American poets of the 20th Century. 1954 stated on title page and no mention… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954, 1954. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket With Very Very Slight Yellowing To Spine And Edges, Still Bright, Slight Rubbing On Edges At Corners, 1/16"Hole Near Center Of Spine. Price Clipped. A Very Attractive Copy.

1954. MERWIN, W. S. THE DANCING BEARS. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954. First edition of Merwin's second book. 88 pp. 12mo., blue paper boards. Slightly darkened at spine, and foxed at top-edge of bookblock, but near fine overall. In a matching dust jacket which is sunned at spine, and foxed at top-edge of fold-ins, but near fine as… Read more about this item

Yale, 1954. First edition. Poet's second book of poems. Near fine decorative boards with trifle marks to boards in fine bright dustjacket with light adhesive shadow. Does not bother any part of the text. Review copy with review sticker to full title page and dedication page and decorative former owner's to flyleaf. Text clean. Scarce. New and bright… Read more about this item

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1954, 1954. First Edition 1st Printing. Blue Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. First Printing. Near Fine In Near Fine Dust Jacket With Very Very Slight Yellowing To Spine And Edges, Still Bright. A Very Attractive Copy.

Yale Univ. Press, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Dust jacket missing. First edition. Cover and binding are worn but intact. A reading copy in fair condition. Boards… Read more about this item