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Price: US$137.50 + shipping
Description: One of 13,042 copies. Octavo (18cm); beige cloth, blocked and titled in dark brown and gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [6],7-45,[3]pp. Bookplate signed by the author is loosely laid in. Hint of dust-soil to upper edge of textblock, else Fine. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 5/- net), gently spine-sunned and lightly edgeworn, with some mild dust-soil and scattered foxing to panels; Very Good+. Levertov's first book. WILSON A1.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Levertoff, Denise [Levertov]. The Double Image. Cresset Press, 1946.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Signed by author in brown ink on half title (as Denise Levertov). A superb, 'as new' copy of author Denise Levertov's first book (before she changed the spelling of her name). First edition, first printing in original jacket. Literally never read.
Seller: Arundel Books, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Levertov, Denise [as Denise Levertoff]. THE DOUBLE IMAGE Poems. Cresset Press, London, 1946.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Inscribed & dated (July 1973) by Levertov on the front flyleaf. Levertov signs her name twice both with the "v" and the "ff" spellings. First book by this important poet. Her name is printed "Levertoff" in this book; thereafter, it was to be spelled "Levertov". Small format cream cloth covered boards with gilt lettering and decoration. PLEASE NOTE that all our First Editions are also First Printings, unless we specifically note otherwise. All our dust jackets are protected in clear mylar covers. Slight bowing of boards, else near fine in price-clipped dust jacket with some light foxing.
Seller: Bert Babcock - Bookseller, LLC, DERRY, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 12mo. Pp. 45. Bound in light tan linen with cloth label, stamped in gilt, mounted on front board, gilt lettering stamped on spine. Signed by Levertov (with last name spelled "Levertov") in pen on the front free endpaper. A particularly fresh copy in a bright dust jacket. Levertov began publishing her poetry while working as a London nurse during WWII. Her first poem was published in 1940 (Poetry Quarterly), which inspired Rexroth and his circle to pursue (in his words) ''excited correspondence about her." This is the poet's first volume of verse, presented in an exemplary copy.
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Levertoff, Denise (Denise Levertov). The Double Image. London: The Cresset Press, 1946.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A lovely, tight and square first printing of the poet's first book. Beige boards with gilt titles, FINE. Signed twice, Denise Levertoff (1946!) Levertov (1977) DJ has a handful of foxed spots on the DJ folds, else FINE. A fresh copy!
Seller: a cool of books, Mastic, NY, U.S.A.
Levertoff, Denise. The Double Image. Cresset Press, London, 1946.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine first edition of the poet's first book. SIGNED by the poet on the front endpaper. A spectacularly fine example in fine dustwrapper. Signed by Author.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.
Levertoff, Denise.. THE DOUBLE IMAGE.. The Cresset Press: London., 1946.
Price: US$402.50 + shipping
Description: 7 x 4.75, cloth, 45 pp, nice fresh copy in dw. FIRST ED OF AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK, SIGNED BY LEVERTOFF.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Levertov, Denise [as Levertoff]. The Double Image. The Cresset Press Ltd., 1946.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 12mo (7 1/8 x 4 3/4 inches; 180 x 123 mm), 45, [1] pages in beige cloth, front cover stamped in gold on horizontal brown rectangle and in gold along the spine, in an unclipped, printed dust jacket. SIGNED by Denise Levertov on the front end paper. This is Levertov's first book, a collection of poems, and the only one to use the original spelling of her name. This copy belonged to Levertov's former husband, Mitchell Goodman. They married in 1947, the year after the publication of this book, and divorced in 1975. Laid in are two handwritten letters from Goodman to another person in 1987 concerning the sale of this copy. There's also a fragment of a letter to Goodman, who has replied at the bottom of the letter that he would take $150 for the book; a canceled check for that amount is included with the book. Goodman provides some interesting details about this edition, writing in a letter dated November 12, 1987: "It was published in London by a very good small press when D.L. was 22 or 23 years old. There was a first edition of 750 copies and then no more. Most of the books sold went to English readers, libraries, etc. Long ago, there seem to be very few copies in this country--and none for sale that I've heard of in recent years. (I heard a rumor once from an English collector who said the publisher had scrapped a large number of copies that had been damaged while in storage. It seemed to ring true.)" Goodman further states: "Denise Levertov herself gave me this copy. We're old friends." Goodman's assertion of a 750-copy print run is at variance with the Levertov bibliography compiled by Robert A. Wilson of the Phoenix Book Shop. Wilson says 13,042 copies were published on December 2, 1946. (Wilson A 1). That seems highly unlikely, since this was a first book by an unknown author. Goodman is probably closer to the mark with 750. Given the provenance, this is a nice association copy. CONDITION: Light vertical creases to a couple of preliminary pages and some fading to spine letters. The dust jacket has some foxing or staining to the spine and to the jacket edges. Overall, an attractive copy printed on high-quality paper. Near Fine in a Very Good or better dust jacket.
Seller: Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA, Hopewell, NJ, U.S.A.