SNYDER, Gary. The Back Country. New Directions, New York, 1968.

Price: US$350.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: First American edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. Inscribed by Snyder to his close friend the poet Daniel Hoffman: "For Daniel Hoffman, Gary Snyder." Hoffman's first collection of poems, *An Armada of Thirty Whales* (1954), was chosen for the Yale Series of Younger Poets by W.H. Auden. In addition to publishing several other volumes of poetry and important works of criticism, he also later served as the Consultant in Poetry of the Library of Congress (the equivalent of the United States Poet Laureate) in 1973-1974. A nice association and a beautiful copy.

Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.