Search Results: The Arctic Ox by Marianne Moore

Faber and Faber Limited 1964. FIRST EDITION; Tidy ex-library; Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, price-clipped); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

Faber and Faber, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition: 52 pages. Printed in an edition of 1,500 copies. Abbott A23. Original covers, no dust jacket. Gift inscription on front end paper. A delightful selection of poems. One of American literature’s foremost poets, Marianne Moore’s poetry is characterized by linguistic precision, keen and probing descriptions, and acute observations of people, places, animals, and art. She died in 1972. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3359. .

London: Faber & Faber, 1964. A fine copy in a well-preserved, though price-clipped, jacket. 8vo. 52 pages. Cloth; dust jacket. First edition, printed in an edition of 1,500 copies. Abbott A23.

Faber and Faber, London., 1964. First edition. There was no U.S. equivalent. Octavo. 52 pages.Fine in very good indeed dustwrapper slightly nicked at the spine.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1964. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. 52pp., bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, a fine copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket.

London:: Faber and Faber,, [1964].. First edition.. publisher's cloth in dust jacket. . A few spots of foxing to endsheets; else a near fine copy in a very near fine jacket.. 8vo,.

London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1964. First British Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. 52pp., bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, a fine copy in near fine unclipped dust jacket.

London: Faber and Faber, 1964. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition (no equivalent American edition). Fine in about fine dustwrapper with nominal toning on the spine, a superb, nearly as new copy.

1964. MOORE, Marianne. THE ARCTIC OX. London: Faber and Faber, (1964). First edition. Inscribed presentation copy, written in ink on the ffep.: "For Rosie and exciting Eugenia | Miss Sheppard -- | from Bernard Waldreau | and let me say Marianne Moore | December 22, 1964. In addition, Miss Moore has made a correction on p. 52, in the penultimate line, where she has crossed out the printed name "Moss" and written below it "Noss." 52 pp. Slim 8vo., light blue cloth, lettered in gilt at spine. This is a very fine copy of an uncommon title. It has a near fine dust jacket, which is lightly sunned at the spine, with a short closed tear at the heel, and light soil to lower panel, but maintains a bright apperance. (Abbott A23).

London: Faber and Faber, 1964. 1st edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 1st edition, 1964. A Near Fine book in a Very Good dust jacket. SIGNED. 8vo., 52 pp. Bound in publishers blue cloth with yellow and blue dust jacket. Inscription from author to David Pleydell Bouverie on front end page. Dust jacket has some minor soiling and very small tears, inside is clean and unmarked. Scarce with signature. Dust jacket is now protected in mylar sleeve. Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor. Her poetry is noted for formal innovation, precise diction, irony, and wit.

London: Faber and Faber, 1964. First edition. 8vo. Light blue cloth. Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket with just a touch of toning to spine. First edition. 8vo. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "Michael Cillo's Arctic Ox/ Marianne Moore/ November 4, 1966" Abbott A23

London: Faber and Faber, (1964). First edition. One of 1500 copies printed. No equivalent American edition was produced. Abbott A23. Presentation copy, inscribed by Moore to Elizabeth Mayer on the front free endpaper: "For dear [underscored] Elizabeth Mayer / teaching me encouraging me from / her ever grateful protegée / Marianne / 1964 and 5 [sic] April 13, 1965". Moore and Mayer collaborated on translating into English Stifter's Rock Crystal, A Christmas Tale, published in 1945. Mayer (1884-1970) was a German-born American translator and editor who associated closely with Auden, Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears, and other writers and musicians. After the Nazis came to power Mayer and her psychiatrist husband, William, emigrated to the United States. Mayer's homes in New York City and on Long Island served as artistic salons for many émigré writers in the 1940s. With Auden Mayer translated Goethe's Italian Journey into English (1962). Mayer and Louise Bogan collaborated on translations into… Read More