Ciardi john 1916 (16 resultados)

[8], 35 pages. Paperback: H 22.75cm x L 14.5cm. Off-white paper covers. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding remains fairly crisp. A fine copy. Laid-in at the title page is a bookmark for Jackson, Mississippi's Lemuria Bookstore. ISBN 1557280541.

Condición: VERY GOOD. First printing. The poet and the prolific science fiction writer join forces to produce a bunch of these short humorous verses - includes 144 limericks collected by Asimov and 147 by Ciardi in this literary duel. 101 pp. Very good (gift inscription on front endpaper), no dust jacket.…

Ciardi, John, 1916-1986. Person to Person. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1964, 83pp., very good gray cloth with decorated boards, light wear. SIGNED on blank page facing title page: John Ciardi. Poems. Later career work from successful poet and teacher who fell from favor in the 1960s.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Presented here is the fourth printing of Ciardi's book of poems, "Person to Person", issued sometime circa 1972; it was originally published in 1964 by Rutgers University Press. This is the hardcover format. It is a fine collection of poems from a profound and insightful poet. John Ciardi, long associated with the Breadloaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, was an influential American poet and translator. He was the author of many books, including the widely used and cited "How Does a Poem Mean?" His translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy" is considered by many to be an important American version of the great poem. TITLE : Person to Person AUTHOR : John Ciardi (1916 - 1986) IMPRINT : Rutgers University Press PLACE : New Brunswick, New Jersey DATE : [circa 1972] EDITION : 4th Printing STATUS : OP - Out of Print PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; 83 pages; approximately 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"; quarter-bound gray cloth-covered spine and patterned paper-covered boards; decorated dust-jacket. Black-and-white photo-portrait of Ciardi on dust-jacket's rear panel. CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD --- JACKET: VERY GOOD -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and presentable with the following noted: EXTERIOR -- Soft bumps to bottom fore-edge corner tip; mild compression to spine extremities . else clean and four-square. BINDING -- Solid INTERIOR -- Clean and presentable with negligible signs of handling. No writing or marking. DUST-JACKET -- Two small pinprick punctures display about midway up on the front panel next to the spine - slight smudge to spine panel; edges are creased at flap extremities; mild surface rub; protected from further wear by a clear, mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. This is the Third Printing of John Ciardi's exhilarating book of Poetry, "In the Stoneworks". It was published in hardcover format in 1971 by Rutgers University Press. "In the Stoneworks" displays a new precision and exact understanding derived from experience sometimes painful sometimes even ridiculous. Without losing his particular drive or wit, Mr. Ciardi reveals a tenderness for the vulnerable citizens of the world and a preoccupation with mercy that were implicit in his other books, but have never been so clearly and compassionately defined." (Excerpted from the dust-jacket blurb) TITLE : In the Stoneworks AUTHOR : John Ciardi (1916 - 1986) IMPRINT : Rutgers University Press PLACE : New Brunswick DATE : (1971) EDITION : Third Printing PHYSICAL DETAILS : Trade hardcover; 83 pages; light gray cloth-covered boards with title, etc. lettered in black on spine; decorated dust-jacket has photograph of Ciardi on rear panel. CONDITION -- BOOK : VERY GOOD --- JACKET : GOOD ONLY -- This is a previously owned book that remains clean and attractive, with the following particulars noted : EXTERIOR : Crisp and four-square with negligible signs of handling BINDING : Solid INTERIOR : A couple of near-negligible spots, else clean and unmarked DUST-JACKET : Edge wear includes small tears, nicking and creasing - there are small puncture tears along the spine panel ( it looks like a kitten's claw-marks) also displaying is abrasion along the spine panel and flap folds (front flap fold has a tiny puncture hole. Front flap s price-clipped. the whole looks decent under archival mylar cover.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. John Ciardi, long associated with the Breadloaf Writers' Conference in Vermont, was an influential American poet and translator. He was the author of many books, including the widely used and cited "How Does a Poem Mean?" His translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy" is considered by many to be an important American version of the great poem. Presented here is the fifth printing of Ciardi's book, "39 Poems", published in 1959 by Rutgers University Press. This is the hardcover format. It is a fine collection of poems from a profound and insightful poet. TITLE : 39 Poems AUTHOR : John Ciardi. (1916 - 1986) IMPRINT : Rutgers University Press PLACE : New Brunswick, New Jersey DATE : 1959 EDITION : 5th Printing STATUS : OP - Out of Print PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION : Trade hardcover; 86 pages; approximately 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"; quarter-bound green cloth-covered spine and patterned paper-covered boards; decorated dust-jacket. CONDITION -- BOOK: VERY GOOD --- JACKET: NEAR VERY GOOD -- The book itself is exceptionally well-preserved with but negligible signs of handling, clean and unmarked and with solid, tight binding. The text-block edges, mostly on the top edge, have a very slight touch of weathering- else clean. The dust-jacket has some tears and puncture wounds along its length — almost as if a kitten had exercised its tiny claws on the paper (see picture above) - else the jacket has modest surface rub . it's front flap is price-clipped. The whole looks decent under an archival mylar cover.…

Presumed first edition (no direct statement provided). 40 pages. Hardcover: H 21.75cm x L 21cm. Lacks dust jacket. Mustard colored cloth lightly soiled; two small stains to rear board. Interior pages are clean. Binding is firm. Publisher's statement on page 40 indicates two lithographs by the artist should be laid-in but neither is present.…

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Unpaged - 32 pages including covers. Staple-bound paperback booklet: H 21.25cm x L 13.75cm. Cream paper covers toned with light soiling. A few faint foxing spots but overall interior leaves are clean. Binding is firm. "Editor's Note" cites this as the third annual issue of a Gainesville, Florida-area poetry anthology (previous two issues were published under the title "A Local Muse"). This issues features contributions by nationally renowned poets John Ciardi {"Commutation (for Walker Percy)"}, Robert Dana {"The Way We Live Now"}, and Richard Eberhart {"Classification"} who were recent visiting lecturers to the University of Florida with other contributions by university and Gainesville affiliates. …

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. 38 pp. : illustrated (some in color) ; 22 cm. ; OCLC: 54832997 ; LC: ND553.D34 ; light blue cloth with red lettering ; 37 illustrations of paintings, drawings and photographs ; VG. Book.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Soren's Story: 33 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.stiff paper wrappers ISBN 9781633812444, 1633812448 OCLC 1301279359 ; John Ciardi : a biography: xv, 557 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm ISBN 9781557285393, 155728539X OCLC 40103522 stiff paper wrappers ; SIGNED presentation by Rev. Alfred Niese on hald title, to Lt. Col. (USAF, Retired) Alan G. Schreihofer; Alan Schreihofer was a member of the Horizon Theatre Company Resource Staff, and an Atlanta Alliance Theatre supporter ; ; both men were fellow students of John Ciardi at Rutgers ; Alfred "Al" Moring Niese, 1937-2022 a graduate of Princeton High School and Rutgers University, where he sang in the Rutgers Glee Club. He received a degree in sacred theology from General and a combined master's degree in sacred theology and pastoral counseling from New York Theological Seminary and the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health.Niese's interests included raising tippler pigeons, sailing, cycling, and playing and collecting antique reed organs. During the pandemic, he published a children's book Soren's Story: A Parable About Bullies and the Peaceable Kingdom, a parable about bullying and the importance of forgiveness. Passionate about social justice and civil rights, Niese attended Martin Luther King, Jr.'s March on Washington in 1963 and organized transportation to the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March for people traveling from Newark, N.J. In recent years, he organized two evenings of readings and music - at Trinity Episcopal Church in Portland and at the Bowdoin College Chapel - showcasing God's Trombones by James Weldon Johnson. A prolific writer with a passion for the English language, he drew lessons from the injustices in our world, and in his letters to the editor, he highlighted our collective obligation to be better stewards of this planet. His latest opinion piece, on the war in Ukraine and Russian hubris, was published by the Portland Press Herald last May. By chance, he died on the very same day as Frederick Buechner, a theologian he often quoted.; Edward Cifelli is a retired professor of American Literature. He has written literary biographies of poets David Humphreys and John Ciardi ; FINE/FINE. Signed by Author(s). Book.…

First Edition. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 83 pages; Description: 83 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Poetry. Notes: "An Atlantic Monthly Press Book. " 1 Kg. …

First Edition. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. ; 83 pages; Description: 83 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Poetry. Notes: "An Atlantic Monthly Press Book. " 1 Kg. …

Condición: Very good. - Over 100 words penned on 11 inch high by 8-1/2 inch wide "Rutgers University / The State University of New Jersey / College of Arts and Sciences / English Department" stationery with his personal address stamped in blue at the top right of the page. John Ciardi thanks the literary critic and science fiction author Basil Davenport for the signed copy of a book: "I've had a fine time being told ghostly tales. Thanks for the book and for the inscription." He goes on to proclaim that "The inscription is certainly enough to make this a collector's item in my happy estimation." but as he read the book he discovered 25 pages missing from his copy which might make it even more unusual. He suggests that Davenport "as author, might want to have somebody check copies to make sure my volume's error is not general." Signed "John". Folded for mailing with some diagonal offsetting to the top left corner. Very good. The American poet, translator and etymologist John Ciardi (1916-1986) is best known for his poetry and his translation of Dante's "Divine Comedy".A member of the Baker Street Irregulars, the recipient Basil Davenport (1905-1966) was an American literary critic, anthologist and author of science fiction novels. Davenport arranged and edited "Ghostly Tales to Be Told: A collection of Stories form the Great Masters, arranged for reading and telling aloud" published in 1954.…

unbound. Condición: near fine. A.L.S. "John Ciardi". 8vo. 1 page, (Middlebury) June 19th 1958, to a young schoolteacher, in part: ".Please forgive the scrawl. I am in the hospital for a few days of elaborate resting and must improvise correspondence. I am sorry to say that I am unable to foresee anyway of getting you to Bread Loaf. My budget is now over-committed. The enrollment is at the point where every available bed is committed. And most critically, our office has had to be enlarged to the point at which we are short of available lecture hours." Fine. American poet and author.…