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4802
Zagajewski, Adam.   CANVAS.  $40



1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed yellow paperwraps (as issued.) Translated from the Polish by Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, and C. K. Williams. A rather uncommon proof. Only light, gentle wear to this fine copy.



New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1991) Order this book

4801
Zagajewski, Adam.   CANVAS.  $35



1st edition, full white cloth, w/illustrated dj. "Adam Zagajewski's second volume of poems to appear in English, in a translation by Renata Gorczynski, Benjamin Ivry, and C. K. Williams, represents one of the new Europe's most commanding lyric voices in full power" (from the jacket notes.) A bright, fine copy in like price clipped jacket.



New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (1991) Order this book

4800
Zagajewski, Adam. (Clare Cavanagh, trans.)   ANOTHER BEAUTY.  $15



1st US edition, uncorrected proof, original printed green paperwraps (as issued.) "A wry, meditative memoir of a poet's coming-of-age in communist Poland."



New York: Farrar Straus Giroux (2000) Order this book

4500
Zeidner, Lisa.   POCKET SUNDIAL.  $20



1st edition, full orange cloth, w/illustrated dj. Review copy with review slip laid in. The manuscript for this collection of poems won the 1988 Brittingham Prize in Poetry. ". . . Zeidner's twenty-two poems introduce a surprising range of characters . . . of subjects . . . bound by a concern for time, for how we think about time. These are poems about memory, foresight, anticipation, regret--all of chronology's complexities" (from the jacket notes.) Jacket reviews by Edward Hirsh, Molly Peacock, Richard Howard, and Charles Wright. Bright fine condition.



Madison: U of Wisconsin Press (1988) Order this book

5846
Zimmer, Paul.   THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ZIMMER.  $20



1st edition, original printed glossy paperwraps (as issued). Specially signed "Paul Zimmer" on the title page in black ink. A collection of fifty-six poems, divided into three sections. Also included is a two page Preface by the author. A fine, signed copy in 'as new' condition.



Arlington, VA: Settlement House (2010) Order this book

4857
Zinnes, Harriet.   DRAWING ON THE WALL.  $10



1st edition, advance reading copy, original illustrated paperwraps (as issued.) Publisher's material laid in. Rear cover reviews by Bin Ramke, David Shapiro, and others. Fine.



New York: Marsh Hawk Press, 2002, Order this book

5148
Zolynas, Al.   THE NEW PHYSICS.  $35



1st edition, full light gray cloth, w/illustrated dj. A signed copy of the author's first book, inscribed: "For --, / Best Wishes, / Al Zolynas / 1/83" on the FEP in black ink. Issued as Volume 97 in the Wesleyan Poetry Program. "This first book by Al Zolynas takes its central metaphor from the title poem . . . a subject that for the poet represents the final mystery" (from the jacket notes.) Only gentle wear to the jacket, else bright and fine. Uncommon in the cloth binding.



Middletown: Wesleyan University Press (1979) Order this book

1053
Zukofsky, Louis.   "A"-24.  $45



1st edition, full cloth, w/dj. " 'A' - 24 concludes Louis Zukofsky's long poem 'A', reaffirming Hayden Carruth's belief that Zukofsky 'is a distinctly modern poet, vigorously contemporary, but vigorously traditional as well' " (from the jacket notes.) Light wear to jacket includes short, closed tears, else a fine copy.



New York: Grossman, 1972, Order this book

905
Zweig, Paul.   AGAINST EMPTINESS.  $45



1st ed, cloth w/dj. The author's first book of poems. A fine copy in like jacket.



NY: Harper & Row (1971) Order this book

907
Zweig, Paul.   THE DARK SIDE OF THE EARTH.  $25



1st edition, green boards, w/illustrated dj. The author's second book of poetry. A fine copy, in price clipped jacket with gentle wear primarily to the jacket edges.



New York: Harper & Row (1974) Order this book

4909
Zweig, Paul. (C. K. Williams, editor.)   SELECTED AND LAST POEMS.  $30



1st edition, uncorrected proof, original printed red paperwraps (as issued.) Publisher's letter laid in. The text includes a five page Introduction by C. K. Williams. Uncommon in the uncorrected proof state. Fine condition.



Middletown: Wesleyan University Press (1989) Order this book

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