The Long Reach: New and Uncollected Poems, 1948-1984 by Richard Eberhart ISBN 13: 9780811208857

New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1984. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New Directions, May 1984. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. used hardcover in a dust jacket. jacket is a bit worn about the edges and somewhat scuffed, but without any serious tears. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws.

NY: New Directions. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1984. FIRST PUBLISHED". Hardcover. 5.75 X 1 X 8.5 inches. GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(S16.00) DUST JACKET..EX LIBRARY...MINIMAL STAMPS TO ENDPAPERS..CLEAN DJ UNDER CLEAR, PROTECTIVE. VINYL GLUED DOWN TO INNER COVERS.. has never had any pocket, nor marks to title page, or any other text page..Book spine is quite clean.. ; Gold titles on turquoise spine...cloth hardcovers...DJ shows 5x6" photo of author in striped tie.. ; Author's thoughts & poems deal with truth, religion, nature, thought, the role of poetry, death, visions, age, and the past ..Awarded Pulitzer Prize, the Bollingen Prize, and the National Book Award, .

Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New York: New Directions Publishing Corporation. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. 0811208850 . Eberhart himself has described this book as "a long reach at meanings, at manifold meanings, at the wide variety as well as the heights and depths of my consciousness. I think of it as a preservation of a volatile workshop covering recent years, a compendium of thrusts and recognitions, which define the nature of my feelings, and reactions to life. I want to show a broad canvas rather than a narrow view, put in place what I think worth preserving at this stage of my life." Near Fine/Near Fine. Ships same or next business day. ; 8.32 X 5.64 X 0.91 inches; 231 pages .

New York: New Directions, 1983. 1st Edition . Cloth. Near Fine/Fair. viii, 231 pp. Small bit of glue residue, probably from binding, at top of rear joint, otherwise a Fine copy. Jacket is Fair only (sunned, lightly soiled, bumped and chipped at edges, with small piece missing at head of spine, short closed tear at rear top edge). Inscribed, signed and dated by the poet.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

NY: New Directions, 1983. First edition, first prnt. Inscribed by Eberhart on the title page. "To -- with warmest regards, Richard Eberhart." Eberhart dated his inscription at the bottom of the page as was his custom, "November 1984" and also wrote "see back page" with an arrow. On the back page Eberhart has written a 125 word note that reads as a response to the inscrptee's question. "I do recall Tennyson's 'The Eagle' but should look it up." Eberhart then reminisces about his introduction to writing poetry. "I want to tell you that when I was fifteen... our teacher asked the class to write a poem. I went home and found in the family library the poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson. I fell excitedly under their spell because of the musicality of his verse and the perfection of his rhymes .... it was as enthralling as running the hundred yard dash. So I got my start with Tennyson... " Dated "11/15/84." The content of this… Read More

(New York): New Directions, 1983. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper. Advance Review Copy with publisher's promotional material laid in. Inscribed by the author to fellow poet Daniel Hoffman. Eberhart has written out a long poem, "Mystery of the Abstract" on the front fly.