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Anthony Hecht
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Hecht, Anthony
On The Laws Of The Poetic Art
Publisher: Princeton University Press. First Edition, 1995. White cloth over boards, in dustjacket. Very Fine/Very Fine. The A.W. Mellon Lectures In The Fine Arts for 1992, Bollingen Series XXXV:41. With illustrations from fine art etc. He cht's erudite and intensely classical turn-of-mind is amply on display here. Six lectures, with Preface and Index. 204 pp.
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Item number: 0467JH000D.
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Hecht, Anthony.
The Transparent Man.
Publisher: Knopf.. First Edition, 1990. Dark blue cloth over boards, bronze spine titling, in decorative dustjacket. Jacket drawing by Eugene Berman. Fine/Fine. Hecht's fifth trade collection of verse, glibly formal , full of graceful turns and metaphors. Heavily influenced by Auden.
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Item number: 0384JH000F.
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Hecht, Anthony
Flight Among The Tombs
Publisher: Knopf. First Edition, 1996. Black cloth over boards, in decorative glossy dustjacket. Fine/Fine. 76pp. Poems, with reproductions of woodcuts by Leonard Baskin. Includes a sequence of poems which Hecht and Ba skin had intended to extend to book-length, but which is incorporated in abreviated form as the first section of this volume. A beautifully designed book, with a wonderful poem "Proust On Skates" the penultimate piece in the collection.
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Item number: 0507JH00AB.
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Hecht, Anthony
The Transparent Man
Publisher: Knopf. First Edition, 1990. Decorated wraps, NF. Red dot remainder mark top edge, tiny 1/16th" crimp rear corner edge, else fine. Hecht's fifth collection of poems, traditional in style and classical in insp iration.
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Item number: 0190JH000D.
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Hecht, Anthony.
Flight Among The Tombs.
Publisher: Knopf.. First Edition, 1996. Illustrated with woodcut reproductions by Leonard Baskin. Charcoal colored cloth, stamped at spine in copper gilt, in glossy black and copper dustjacket. VF/VF. Red remainder dot top edge. Hecht's sixth separate collection of poems. Includes a sequence of poems accompanied by woodcut repros by Leonard Baskin entitled The Presumptions Of Death. 76pp, with Notes.
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Item number: 1446JH000F.
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Hecht, Anthony.
The Venetian Vespers.
Publisher: Atheneum. New York.. First Edition, 1979. Pastel green cloth covered boards, spine gilt, blue endpapers, in pink glossy dustjacket. Fine/Fine. 91pp poems, including Notes. Hecht's fourth collection, a gaudy extravaganza o f bloated satire, appalling decadence and retro formality.
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AUD 87.43 | CAD 85.65 | EUR 53.80 | GBP 48.46 | JPY 7,272.73 | MXN 1,038.96 | ZAR 606.06 |
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Item number: 1935JJ00BH.
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Hecht, Anthony [Translates].
Seven Against Thebes.
Publisher: Oxford University Press. New York.. First Edition, 1973. Translated from the Greek of Aeschylus, by Hecht with Helen H. Bacon. Black cloth boards stamped in gilt with black stripes at spine and near spine. Fine. No dustwrapper. 88pp, wi th Glossary, Notes and an Introduction.
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Item number: 4471XX000F.
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Hecht, Anthony.
A Summoning Of Stones.
Publisher: Macmillan. New York.. First Edition, 1954. Yellow paper boards, grey cloth spine stamped in yellow, in grey dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. One tiny chip from spine of jacket and label removel back panel. Ink marginalia i n a few pages. This copy INSCRIBED by the Author dated May 19, 1964 and SIGNED on the FFEP. 64pp. Author's first book, a tour-de-force performance of classical lyrics.
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AUD 491.80 | CAD 481.80 | EUR 302.62 | GBP 272.56 | JPY 40,909.09 | MXN 5,844.16 | ZAR 3,409.09 |
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Item number: 4906XX00JE.
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Hecht, Anthony.
Collected Earlier Poems.
Publisher: Oxford University Press. Oxford.. First UK Edition, 1979. Glossy stiff wrappers, as issued. Fine. 272pp. Hecht's poems through The Venetian Vespers.
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Item number: 4991XX000J.
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Hecht, Anthony.
The Venetian Vespers.
Publisher: David R. Godine. Boston.. First Edition, 1979. Limited to 165 copies Numbered and SIGNED by the Author in ink on the Colophon Page. Illustrated with etchings by Dimitri Hadzi, who also signs the Colophon. Decorated paper cover ed boards, fine maroon leather stamped in gilt at spine. Letterpress, on laid paper. Very Fine. 25pp. This was the title poem of Hecht's later trade collection under the same title [Atheneum, 1979]. A n elegant book.
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AUD 382.51 | CAD 374.73 | EUR 235.37 | GBP 211.99 | JPY 31,818.18 | MXN 4,545.45 | ZAR 2,651.52 |
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Item number: 5132XX00H0.
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Hecht, Anthony.
The Transparent Man.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf. New York.. First Edition, 1990. Midnight blue cloth boards, glossy black and blue dustjacket. VF/VF. As new. SIGNED by Hecht in ink on the title page. 75pp poems, Hecht's fifth full collection.
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Item number: 6027XX00AE.
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Hecht, Anthony.
The Hard Hours.
Publisher: Atheneum. New York.. First Edition, 1967. Glossy black red and white wrappers, as issued [there was also a hardcover issue]. Fine Copy. Clean, unfaded, corners sharp. Pulitzer Prize winner for poetry 1968. Hecht's Second Book, it also includes a selection from his first (A Summoning Of Stones), and also the illustrations by Leonard Baskin of Hecht's poems on the Seven Deadly Sins. The Hard Hours contains perhaps the b est work of the post-War Formalist generation of which Hecht was a part, following the Lowell-Jarrell-Schwartz period. This book is now uncommon in both the hard and soft bindings.
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AUD 87.43 | CAD 85.65 | EUR 53.80 | GBP 48.46 | JPY 7,272.73 | MXN 1,038.96 | ZAR 606.06 |
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Item number: 6631XA000F.
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Hecht, Anthony.
The Venetian Vespers.
Publisher: Atheneum. New York.. First Edition, 1979. Glossy pink wrappers, as issued, the paperback issue (there was also a hardcover). Fine. SIGNED by Hecht in black marker under his name on the title page. 91pp, with Notes. Clean copy, corners sharp and straight. The Author's fourth collection, the very essence of decadent 18th Century mannerism.
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AUD 81.97 | CAD 80.30 | EUR 50.44 | GBP 45.43 | JPY 6,818.18 | MXN 974.03 | ZAR 568.18 |
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Item number: 6876XA000G.
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Hecht, Anthony.
Millions Of Strange Shadows.
Publisher: New York: Atheneum.. First Edition, 1977. Black linen cloth boards, in glossy blue black and yellow dustjacket. Fine/Fine. Small binding flaw top front gutter, not obtrusive. This copy affectionately INSCRIBED by Hecht on the half title to W.S. ["Bill"] Merwin in the year of publication; Merwin has SIGNED the upper right corner of the title page. 75pp. Hecht's Third collection of poems, following the Pulitzer Prize wi nning The Hard Hours [1967]. Brilliant association copy.
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AUD 300.55 | CAD 294.43 | EUR 184.94 | GBP 166.57 | JPY 25,000.00 | MXN 3,571.43 | ZAR 2,083.33 |
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Item number: 8174XA00XX.
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Hecht, Anthony.
The Various Light.
Publisher: Ann Arbor: Passim Editions.. First Edition, 2001. 1/100 copies printed letterpress, SIGNED on the Colophon by the Author, bound in decorated paper covered boards, deep burgundy cloth spine, spine label, without jacket as issued. Very Fine. Ten poems. Unpaginated.
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Item number: 9983XB0A00.
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Hecht, Anthony
The Hidden Law, The Poetry of W.H. Auden
Publisher: Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1993,. F/NF condition, POETRY, LITERARY CRITICISM
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Item number: 007426.
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Aeschylus, Translated by Anthony Hecht & Helen Bacon
SEVEN AGAINST THEBES
Publisher: New York Oxford Univ Press 1973. Edition: 1st edition 1st Printing. (xi.) 88pp. Hardcover. [9-1/2 x 6-1/2"] Binding is full Black cloth w/Copper & Silver printing on spine, Silver printing on front board, Indian Red endpapers. Dust Jacket is glossy Black & White. ISBN 0195017323. ---Glossary, notes. This volume is one of the New Greek Tragedy in Modern Translation series. It includes a "full critical introduction, exposition of translator's principles, commentary on difficult passages, stage directions & a glossary of mythical names & geographical references."--- Minor corner & head & heel wear. Book has a high school library stamp & acquisition number & date in margin on dedication page & p. 25, but there are no other signs of this being a check-out library book--i.e., no pocket or card, no stickers or labels or other stamps, & no pages missing. Book is exceptionally clean & unblemished. Condition: VG in VG DJ.
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Item number: 886.
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Plimpton, George A., Peter Matthiessen, et al, editors, The Art of Fiction interviews: Anthony Hecht, Edmund White
THE PARIS REVIEW 108 Fall 1988
. Softcover Paris Review Inc. , paperback, Very Good + (minor cover wear), 224 pages, LITERATURE [file fic. ]; H1410
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Item number: 1521.
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Ellery Queen Mystery (Ben Hecht; Fredric Brown; Katherine Mansfield; Harl Cook; 'Seamark'; Anthony Boucher; Meredith Nic
ELLERY QUEEN'S Mystery Magazine: August, Aug. 1949 (Queen's Quorum)
Publisher: American Mercury NY. Vol. 14, no. 69. Photo cover. Includes "Double Exposure" by Ben Hecht; "Crisis, 1999" by Fredric Brown; "How Pearl Button Was Kidnapped" by Katherine Mansfield; "Riding the Ghost" by Harl Cook; "Query" by 'Seamark'; "The Smiling Englishman" by Anthony Boucher; "The Third Man" by Meredith Nicholson; "The Burglar's Story" by W. S. Gilbert; "Guess Who?" by Talbot C. Hatch; "Queen's Quorum: Part Three" by Ellery Queen; "The Vanishing Diamonds" by M. McDonnell Bodkin; "Murder in One Scene" by Q. Patrick; "Beginner's Luck" by Percival Wilde. Heavy ding to mid-dpine with a few minor scars to same; rear cover corner crease. Digest Wraps Very Good+ to Near Fine
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Item number: PB1376.
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Hecht, Anthony
AUTOGRAPH
This item is an Autograph Letter Signed by Hecht on note size stationery of the English Department letterhead at The University of Rochester. It is in blue ink and dated May 23, 1978. There is a University watermark on the paper. The note (8 1/2 high x 6 1/4" wide) is folded twice, the fold marks are subtle, however the signature was written and the second fold is at the signature. He note is a thank you to a collector and reviewer of poetry. Clean, crisp, without wear. The envelope is addressed by hand using a University envelope nd return address. It is postmarked 24 May 1978 from Rochester, NY. ; .; Signed by Author
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Item number: 6935.
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Smith, Dave and David Bottoms ed.; intro. by Anthony Hecht
Morrow Anthology of Younger American Poets
Publisher: Quill 1985. 784. Number of pages: Type of binding: Paperback Details: Creased and concave spine, else good. ISBN: 0688034500
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Item number: 217128.
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Hecht, Anthony.
Flight Among The Tombs: Poems.
Publisher: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.. First edition ISBN: 0679450955 8vo. 76 pp. D.j. has rub marks. The first half of this volume, "The Presumptions Of Death, " is composed of two parts. In the first, Death speaks in his own person, though in differing moods and attitudes. In the second, in a variation from the medieval tradition of "The Dance of Death" in which he invites members of society to dance with him, here he adopts th every identities of those he means to embrace. The second part of the book, "Proust On Skates, " expands on the themes and tones of the first part, and includes elegies for two admired contemporary poets (James Merrill and Joseph Brodsky) and a variety of other poems that resonate with notes of frailty and mortality. Cloth Cloth Fine in Good dj
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Item number: 36919.
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Hecht, Anthony and John Hollander (Editors).
Jiggery Pokery: A Compendium of Double Dactyls.
Publisher: New York: Atheneum, 1967.. First edition. Small 8vo. Near fine in VG DJ. Jacket has a few small closed tears, edgewear. Unclipped. Book near fine with just touches of shelfwear. Together, a bright, sound example. Binding: Cloth. Condition: Near Fine in Very Good DJ. Scarce collection of these poetic oddities. A fun read, perfectly captured by Glaser's whimsical designs. 112pp.
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Item number: 11125.
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Jonathan Aaron; Anthony Hecht
Second Sight (National Poetry Series)
Publisher: Harpercollins, 1982-07. ISBN: 0060149698 Ex-library label, marks, etc., moderate wear to dust jacket, last blank page library-removed, clean text, good binding. Hardcover Good
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Item number: 48x179.
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Anthony Hecht
Millions of Strange Shadows (Oxford Poets)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1977-09-08. ISBN: 0192118730 Price sticker in rear. Shelf wear to cover. No spine crease. Text clean, binding good. Minor shelf wear. Paperback Good
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