Foreword by harold bloom (3 resultados)

Condición: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condición: As New. 10th printing.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stated First Edition, 2002. You can see the covers in the photos. They are exceptionally clean. The white lettering on the spine is nicely bright. The cover edges are in excellent shape, no rubbing. The cover corners are in excellent shape, no rubbing. The page edges are perfectly clean. The book is very solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout, and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in excellent condition. The inside covers and end papers are black. They're perfectly clean and free of any wear. That accurately describes all of the pages in the book. Scrolling through, I'm not finding any instances of soiling, and the pages are nicely bright. I'm also not finding any instances of creasing. There are no markings. No attachments of any kind. And no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book. You can see the dust jacket in the first few photos. I have always had it in a fitted protective cover. The jacket looks very clean. I don't see any edge wear, no tears. There is some color fading on the rear cover. The flaps are in excellent condition, perfectly clean, no wear. The jacket is NOT clipped. The original price is on the rear cover. From the Foreword by Harold Bloom: 'Martha Serpas is, in a highly individual way, a Catholic devotional poet from Louisiana, and she has perfected this, her first book, across fifteen years. Many rereadings persuade me that a double handful of these poems may achieve permanence. Like Elizabeth Bishop, her strong precursor, Martha Serpas practices a severely chastened art of poetry. I am moved to prophecy a considerable poetic development for her.'.…