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Doty, Mark. Turtle, Swan: Poems. Boston: David R. Godine, 1987.
Price: US$28.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 1st printing of simultaneous softcover edition. Binding tight; pages clean; wraps show light shelfwear, particularly at corners. Inscribed by Doty to p/o on title page and dated 6-05 NYC. Author's first trade book. 74 pages.
Seller: Washington Square Autographed Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
DOTY, Mark.. Turtle Swan.. Boston: David R. Godine (1987)., 1987.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Description: 74 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers. SIGNED by Doty on the title page.
Seller: Jeff Maser, Bookseller - ABAA, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
Mark Doty. Turtle, Swan. David R Godine Pub, Boston, 1987.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: DRG / David R. Godine Publisher 1987. Trade Paperback. 0879236981 . First edition [stated] of the poet's first non-chapbook trade book, This copy has been inscribed "for Melissa with best wishes for your poems Mark Doty 4-90" on title page. Doty was "the first American to win the prestigious T. S. Eliot Prize, as well as the National Book Critics Circle Award" . Poetry collection. Pictorial wrappers, 74 pages. Very good copy with rear corner creasing, and inscribee's stamp and name to the half title page. bx223E
Seller: biblioboy, North Providence, RI, U.S.A.
Doty, Mark. Turtle, Swan. David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.
Price: US$47.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Doty to the poet Tony Moffeit, "For Tony, with the brightest of wishes for you and your voodooing/Mark, 10-92." Simultaneous paperback issue. Curling to the covers. Poems depicting the coming of age of a young gay man in America.; Trade PB; 74 pages; Signed by Author
Seller: Bungalow Books, ABAA, Pueblo, CO, U.S.A.
Mark Doty. Turtle, Swan. David R Godine Pub, 1987.
Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Clean book. Inscribed and signed by author on title page and dated 10/92
Seller: Old Village Books, Mt. Pleasant, SC, U.S.A.
Doty, Mark. Turtle - Swan. David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very good plus, first edition book in near fine dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Cream cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Small fox-like stains in lower right quarter corner of front panel. Internally clean and tight. Dust jacket is lightly sunned along lower-most edges. Small chips along lower edge at tail of jacket spine. Not price clipped. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Doty, Mark. Turtle - Swan. David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.
Price: US$160.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Near fine, unread first edition book in very good plus dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Cream cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on spine. Several small fox-like stains on outer-most edges of front panel. Dust jacket has /4" chip on lower back fore-edge corner is chipped as shown in picture; inside front flap has a 3 1/2" crease in the lower right corner. Not price clipped, internally clean and tight. Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition description. Additional photos available at your request. International sales to all countries other than the UK will require use of an alternative shipping company which will result in higher shipping expense. A signature upon receipt may also be required.
Seller: R & G Bliss Books, Excelsior, MN, U.S.A.
Doty, Mark. Turtle, Swan. U.S.A.: David R Godine Pub, 1987.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: SIGNED on title page--signature only. Jacket has fraying along perimeter edges--visible in photo. Book has light staining to white cloth, and stains to fore edge--both visible in photos. Interior pages free of marks, stains, dog ears.
Seller: Dela Duende Books, Palm Desert, CA, U.S.A.
Doty, Mark. TURTLE, SWAN. David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Boston: David R. Godine, 1987. First edition. The poet's first collection of verse. Inscribed and dated by Doty on the title page. Octavo. Original cream cloth binding, with gilt titles. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing.
Seller: johnson rare books & archives, ABAA, Covina, CA, U.S.A.
DOTY, Mark.. Turtle Swan: Poems.. David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First edition / First printing. Signed and dated 12/14/94 on the title page by Mark Doty. Ivory cloth. 74 pages. Fine in fine dust jacket with minute wear to the head of the spine. A lovely copy. The author's first solo book and his first hardcover publication.
Seller: Orpheus Books, Edmonds, WA, U.S.A.
Doty, Mark. Turtle Swan (Inscribed). David R. Godine, Boston, 1987.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First clothbound edition of the poet's first separately published book. INSCRIBED by Doty and also SIGNED and dated in year of publication. A sharp near fine example in oatmeal cloth binding in near fine price intact dustwrapper.
Seller: Derringer Books, Member ABAA, Avon, CT, U.S.A.