Levine, Philip

A Walk with Tom Jefferson: Poems

ISBN: 0394758595
New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First Softcover Edition. Softcover. "Describing the poem from which his new book...takes its title, Philip Levine says it is about "an unsung living man who shares the name and much of the fierce spirit of independence and originality of his namesake." This poem is one of twenty in a book "the obsessions of which are the way we work and don't work in a society that has abandoned so many of its citizens, and how we endure, since that is the only choice we have. The landscapes are largely Detroit, rural California, and New York City, as well as the kingdom of memory." " (from back cover) A collection of poems by Philip Levine (1928-2015), the great Pulitzer Prize-winning Detroit-born-&-Bred poet who was the Bard of the Working Class, & served as Poet Laureate of the United States during 2011-2012. Trade-format softcover, first softcover edition published simultaneously with a hardcover edition, "First Edition" as stated at copyright page, first printing as indicated by $8.95 price & "5/88" printed at rear cover. From the collection of Laurence Goldstein (1943-2023), the esteemed American poet, film critic, editor & academician here at the University of Michigan. An essential, exemplary, accessible & rewarding Levine collectible in its penultimately rarest contemporary form, with distinguished & relevant provenance. See also our several other Levine collectibles & contributions, esp. item No. 8503 (a volume inscribed & signed by Levine to Goldstein). In relatively quite very fine condition with only light rubbing, faint scratching & just a touch of age-toning to front, back covers & spine; a bit of wear & a few tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; a hint of rubbing & occasional spotting to edges of text block. Interior very fine with only mild age-toning to margins/edges of blank inner covers; tiny bumps at corners of a few page leaves. Very Fine. [Item #9009]

Price: $40.00