ISBN: 9780811211611 - stitching porcelain: poetry (13 resultados)

Condición: Very Good. Very Good condition. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

Condición: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

paperback. Condición: Good. Inscribed by author. Good paperback, bumped/creased with shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized.

First Edition. Shelf wear to cover. Creasing to the back / front sides of the cover. Light edge wear to cover. A few of the internal pages have very light / small patches of dust-staining. This is minimal. A tight and solid copy.

Condición: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on title page.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. 61 pp. 6 3/4 x 6 1/4. Black glossy wraps. No damage or markings noted.

paperback. Condición: Very Good. 61 pp. 6 3/4 x 6 1/4. Black glossy wraps. No damage or markings noted.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Clean, tight copy. Minor wear to cover edges. // 'Stitching Porcelain, Deborah Larsen's first book of poetry, is a narrative-lyric sequence based on the life of Matteo Ricci, the resourceful Jesuit who entered China in 1583 and stayed for a quarter century. Pondering cultural accommodation as well as faith, many of the poems center on actual events: Ricci's dressing as a Buddhist; his awe-inspiring map (with China shrewdly centered); his prostration before an empty Dragon Throne. Other events the poet imagined. (In the title room, Ricci addresses a love lyric to China: Your porcelain is so fine, so thin, /a brass wire can repair it . . . /Once I saw you beneath the bamboo/ . . . bent back/from the world, stitching porcelain.) With a felicity rare in a debut volume, Larsen's opalescent poetry works in perfect counterpoint to the strange and brilliant Ricci' -- publisher.…

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Softcover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition. Oblong 16mo. Approximate measurements: 6 3/4" x 6 1/4". Pictorial wrappers. 61pp. Small insignificant stain on page foredges, wrappers curled, near fine.

Softcover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. First edition. Square octavo. Fine in wraps. Although not marked in any way, this copy is from the distinguished modern first edition collection of Bruce Kahn.

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paperback. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.