Author: Ashbery, John
Title: A Wave
Description: New York: The Viking Press, (1984). (1984). New York: The Viking Press, (1984). (1984). Very good. INSCRIBED TO DAVID LEAVITT AND SIGNED BY JOHN ASHBERY - Octavo, blue boards backed with black cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is foxed internally & there is a short tear & creasing to the top corner of its rear panel at the head of the spine. vi & 89 pages. There is light foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers with a small stain to the rear pastedown. There is a tiny black mark to page 58. The book has a very slight musty odor. Very good. First edition. A nice gay association, inscribed on the title page in the year of publication to David Leavitt, author of "The Lost Language of Cranes": "for David Leavitt / with my best / John Ashbery / May 1, 1984". Very good .

Keywords: LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; AMERICAN POET; A WAVE; JOHN ASHBERY; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; GAY ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN AUTHOR; DAVID LEAVITT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.


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