Viper jazz (The Wesleyan poetry program ; v. 82) de Tate, James - 1976

good condition with minor signs of handling on outside edge of some pages // stain on low back cover corner
as well as nicks and dings and handling wear, esp. on periphery // owner name on FEP

Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1976. First printing. Near fine in near fine jacket.. Uncommon first hardcover edition of this early collection by the Pulitzer Prize-winning American poet. 8'' x 6''. Original grey cloth. In original dust jacket designed by William Van Saun. The Wesleyan Poetry Program Volume 82. 78, [2] pages. Minor edgewear and rubbing to jacket. Bit of faint offsetting to endpapers. Else clean and sound.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1976. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition, hardcover issue. Fine in very good or better dustwrapper with some modest rubbing and some foxing at the extremities. Very warmly Inscribed by Tate to poet David Axelrod. Also laid in is a warm Autograph Letter Signed by Tate ("Jim Tate") to Axelrod apologizing profusely for missing Axelrod's reading and detailing plans to get the local Amherst booksellers to stock his poetry. The hardcover issue is uncommon.