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Sorrentino, Gilbert. selected poems of 1958 Â 1980. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$14.89 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: there is a shadow from a price sticker on the bottom left of the rear panel, no other damage, free of annotation. this edition was published simultaneously with 200 hardcovers numbered and signed by the poet and 26 deluxe copy that were hand bound. First softcover edition. Size: Trade Paperback. 272 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: poetry; ISBN: 087685501X. ISBN/EAN: 9780876855010. Inventory No: 0247036.
Seller: Syber's Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Sorrentino, Gilbert. Selected poems, 1958-1980. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, Ca., 1981.
Price: US$24.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Very clean and sound hardcover with clear acetate jacket. Signed by poet, and numbered 169 out of 200 copies. 268 pgs.
Seller: Metakomet Books, Concord, MA, U.S.A.
SORRENTINO, GILBERT. Selected Poems 1958-1980. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$33.91 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Upper corners bumped, accetate jacket worn but overall a good clean copy. Limited edition, this is number 189, signed by the poet. Also inscribed by the poet on the title page to Canadian writer Greg Gatenby.
Seller: Karol Krysik Books ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sorrentino, Gilbert. Selected Poems: 1958-1980.. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Description: One of 200 numbered copies signed by the author.
Seller: James & Mary Laurie, Booksellers A.B.A.A, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
SORRENTINO, Gilbert.. Selected Poems 1958-1980.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1981.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Description: 268 pp. Light foxing to top edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Near fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Sorrentino. This is copy #1.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Sorrentino, Gilbert. Selected Poems 1958-1980. Black Sparrow Press, Santa, Barbara, CA, 1981.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: One of 200 hardcover copies signed and numbered, this is copy 81. Mild shelf wear to bottom edge of boards, acetate jacket rubbed and has some dimples from pencil point? not affecting the covers of the book.
Seller: The Book Shelf, Salem, OR, U.S.A.
SORRENTINO, Gilbert.. SELECTED POEMS. 1958-1980.. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa. 1981., 1981.
Price: US$47.37 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 268pp. A near fine hardback copy in original protective plastic dust jacket. Number 196 of 200 copies signed by Sorrentino.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Gilbert Sorrentino. Selected Poems 1958-1980. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, California, 1981.
Price: US$49.95 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Hardcover edition did not come with a jacket, instead it has a plastic protective wrap. Covers in fine shape, binding straight, pages clean and unmarked. This is number 152 of a limited signed edition. Sorrentino was a fine poet as well as novelist, this is an essential book. Rare and collectible.
Seller: Bill's Books, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$60.91 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 268pp. Quarter brown cloth over cream paper boards with paper title label to spine. Boards with minor edge wear. A near fine hardback copy, no dust jacket. No. 174 of 200 limited edition. Signed by Gilbert Sorrentino on colophon.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
SORRENTINO, Gilbert.. Selected Poems 1958-1980.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1981.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Description: 268 pp. Fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. One of 200 numbered copies SIGNED by Sorrentino.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
SORRENTINO, Gilbert. SELECTED POEMS 1958 - 1980. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Barbara, 1981.
Price: US$90.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Letter "W" of 26 lettered copies signed by GILBERT SORRENTINO. There were also 200 numbered copies. Book has a bit of foxing on pageblock edges. Glassine dustjacket is fine.
Seller: Euclid Books, Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
Gilbert Sorrentino. Selected poems, 1958-1980. Black Sparrow Press, Santa Rosa, 1981.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first printing. Near Fine- hardcover in Near Fine- original transparent acetate jacket. All text block edges lightly foxed. Lettered issue; G of 26 numbered copies signed by Sorrentino.
Seller: Pulpfiction Books, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Gilbert Sorrentino. Selected Poems 1958-1980. Black Sparrow, Santa Barbara, California, 1981.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Limited hardback edition, that came without a jacket, has a plastic protector for the covers. Colors are sharp, binding straight, pages clean and unmarked. This is # 5 of a limited edition signed by the author at the back of the text. Extremely rare and highly collectible.
Seller: Bill's Books, Annapolis, MD, U.S.A.
SORRENTINO, Gilbert.. Selected Poems 1958-1980.. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow,, 1981.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 268 pp. Some foxing to top edges, else near fine in printed paper-covered boards with cloth spine and printed label. Fine acetate dust jacket. Designated "Publisher's Copy" on the colophon page and SIGNED by Sorrentino. Laid-in are two short TLSs from Sorrentino to John Martin praising the production of this book, among other publication-related matters.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.