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(Abattoir Editions) Piero (W.S. Di). The First Hour. Poems by W.S. Di Piero.. 8vo, 24cm, 55pp, (Harry Duncan) The University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1982., 1982.

Price: US$32.49 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Text set in Walbaum.with Romulus Open display. One of 200 copies printed on Frankfort white paper. Bound in brown-tan cloth-covered boards, printed spine label. A fine copy.

Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom

Di Piero, W. S.. THE FIRST HOUR. Abattoir Editions, Omaha, 1982.

Price: US$33.00 + shipping

Description: First printing of the author's third book. Light brown cloth with paper label, issued without a dust jacket. One of 200 copies printed by Harry Duncan (Cummington Press) on a Vandercook cylinder press on Frankfurt paper. As New. (In removable protective archival covers.). Di Piero won the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize in 2012. One of our most distinguished poets and teachers, he is well-known for his translations.

Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.

Di Piero, W. S.. The first hour. Poems. Abattoir Editions, University of Nebraska, Omaha, 1982.

Price: US$37.50 + shipping

Description: Edition limited to 200 copies printed by Harry Duncan on Frankfurt paper from Walbaum types, set with Kathleen West's help, and Romulus Open display; 8vo, pp. 55, [1]; fine in original beige linen, printed wrap-around label. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.

Di Piero, W S. The First Hour. Abattoir Editions/University of Nebraska, 1982.

Price: US$38.00 + shipping

Description: Third book, first printing. Fine/Fine. Signed on title page. Mylar cover. Colophon:: 'This book is from an edition limited to two hundred copies, printed by Harry Duncan on a Vandercook cylinder press in The University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Fine Arts, April-July 1982, on Frankfurt paper from Walbaum types, set with Kathleene West's help, and Romulus Open dispay.' Di Piero won the 2012 Ruth Lilly Award from the Poetry Foundation. Signed at that ceremony.

Seller: Brush Hill Books & Broadsides, Hinsdale, IL, U.S.A.

W. S. Di Piero. The First Hour. The University of Nebraska 1982, 1982.

Price: US$49.95 + shipping

Description: Hardcover Abattoir Ed.s This book is from an Ed. limited to two hundred copies, printed by Harry Duncan on a Vandercook cylinder press in The University of Nebraska at Omaha College of Fine Arts, April-July 1982, on Frankfurt paper from Walbaum types, set by Kathleen West's help, and Romulus Open display. VVG. (55 Pgs.)

Seller: 2nd Hand Books, Kenner, LA, U.S.A.