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SMITH, William Jay. POEMS. Banyan, NY, 1947.
Price: US$72.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 31. The author's first book. The book was hand set in Weiss and Geramond faces printed on Enfield paper. Author's presentation on flyleaf: "For Bill Claire : with my very best wishes | Willima Jay Smith | Washington, D. C. 29 March 1967" Patterned paper over boards, cloth spine. Some slight foxing at ends, cover little bumped and scuffed at corners and ends of spine, slightly soiled, o/w a VG tight copy. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was brought up at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, south of St. Louis. Smith received his A.B. and M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, and continued his studies at Columbia University, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Smith is the author of ten collections of poetry of which two were finalists for the National Book Award. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
Smith, William Jay. Poems. The Banyan Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$82.67 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: tan cloth, illustrated papered boards, no dust jacket, 31 pp inscribed by the author to Jim Lord on the front endpaper a signed Christmas card/poem laid in front endpaper and front pastedown slightly dampstained cover lightly worn on the edges Standard shipping (no tracking) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders.
Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
SMITH, William Jay. POEMS. The Banyan Press, NY, 1947.
Price: US$84.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, pp. 31. Bound in cloth backed printed boards, One of 500 numbered copies. This copy signed by the author. The author's first book. The book was hand set in Weiss and Geramond faces printed on Enfield paper. A fine copy. William Jay Smith was born in Winnfield, Louisiana. He was brought up at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, south of St. Louis. Smith received his A.B. and M.A. from Washington University in St. Louis, and continued his studies at Columbia University, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Smith is the author of ten collections of poetry of which two were finalists for the National Book Award. He was appointed the nineteenth Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1968 to 1970.
Seller: Second Life Books, Inc., Lanesborough, MA, U.S.A.
SMITH, William Jay. Poems. Banyan Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards. Corner's bumped and rubbed, small smudge on one leaf, very good in a good chipped original glassine dustwrapper. One of 500 numbered copies. Warmly Inscribed by Smith to fellow poet Dan Hoffman in 1970 (when Hoffman was serving as Consultant in Poetry of the Library of Congress.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
(Banyan Press) Smith, William Jay. Poems. The Banyan Press, New York, 1947.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, No. 206 of 500 copies. 1 vols. 8vo. The Author's First Book, Inscribed. Inscribed by the author on front pastedown: "For Charles Feinberg with best wishes on our first meeting--these first poems--William Jay Smith / Detroit / 17 March 1962". Original decorated paper over boards, tan cloth spine, fine
Seller: The Old Mill Bookshop, HACKETTSTOWN, NJ, U.S.A.