Ammons, A.R.

The Snow Poems

ISBN: 039304467X
New York, NY, USA: W.W. Norton & Company, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. “The Snow Poems is the most recent book of poetry by an author who has been called ‘perhaps the most imaginative, innovative poet writing today.’ Critics and readers alike recognize Ammons’s achievement: in 1973, his Collected Poems won the National Book Award for Poetry….The Snow Poems, Ammons’s twelfth book, is a major achievement by a major American poet.” (from front flap) The great A(rchibald) R(andolph) Ammons (1926-2001) won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1973 for his Collected Poems and again in 1993 for Garbage (see our item no. 6956). He deservingly remains a favorite of poetry consumers today with his signature romantic style. With witty and intelligent phrases, Ammons is revered for the impact he has had on American poetry with his nearly thirty published collections. The Snow Poems was one of three he published in 1977, and he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978. An essential Ammons collectible in its rarest contemporary form, enriched by its distinguished provenance. From the collection of Laurence Goldstein (1943-2023), poet, editor, and professor in the University of Michigan Department of English Language and Literature. Hardcover in clipped first-issue dust jacket (with “6-77” and “$12.50” price on front flap): first edition, as stated on copyright page, first printing as indicated by number sequence thereon. Book is in fine condition with minor bumping to the edges and corners of front, back covers & spine; slight age discoloration to the top edges of same; interior pristine. Dust jacket is in similarly fine condition with corresponding age discoloration to the top edges of front, back covers & spine, more visible on the interior and hidden by our protective archival cover; bottom corner of front flap is clipped diagonally; minor scratching to front, back covers. Fine / Fine. [Item #6960]

Price: $50.00