Thirty Poems

Connecticut: New Directions. 1944. First edition, first printing. First edition, first printing. Julien Green's copy. Original paper covered boards, lettered in red to the front panel, in the matching pale brown paper dustwrapper. A fine copy, the binding square and firm, the contents clean throughout. Small bump to the upper edge of the spine. Complete with the dustwrapper, a… Read more about this item

New Directions, 1944. First edition, first printing. Bookplate of Samuel French Morse, light foxing to top edge, minimal crimping to spine tips, still fine in very near fine dust jacket with small black scuff to front cover edge, in mylar cover.. Tan paper boards, stamped in red. Merton wrote "Thirty Poems," his first published work three years after… Read more about this item

CT: New Directions, 1944. first edition. Paperback. Very good +/very good. 6 x 9 in. Not paginated. Tan paper DJ over paper wraps. New Directions "The Poets of the Year." First edition. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers extremely clean, minimal wear to edges. Stapled binding tight. Text clean and unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; tiny… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1944. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Slim octavo. Plain stapled wrappers with printed dust jacket. Plain wrappers lightly toned, a bit of creasing at the crown, very good or better in very good dust jacket with two vertical creases and several short splits at the folds. Merton's first book. Issued as… Read more about this item

New Directions. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1944. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; First Edition - HARDCOVER. Book has no names, pages unmarked, covers with some spottingon the spine, endpapers very slightly age toned, unpaginated. Dust jacket is unclipped ($1) at top, small corner clip at the bottom of flap,… Read more about this item

Norfolk, Connecticut: New Directions, 1944. Softcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition, wrappered issue. Slim octavo. Plain stapled wrappers with printed dust jacket. Owner signature on the front free endpaper, plain wrappers lightly toned, a bit of creasing at the crown, very good or better in a very good dust jacket with a large stain across the front wrapper… Read more about this item

Norfolk, CT: New Directions / The Poets of the Year, (1944). First edition, the scarce hardbound issue, of Merton's first book. A few faint creases in dust jacket, having been preserved folded and placed in the book, otherwise virtually as new. 8vo, original printed boards, dust jacket. A few faint creases in dust jacket, having been preserved folded… Read more about this item

New Directions. paperback. Like New. 0x0x0. Very clean jacketed slender staple bound softcover preserved in mylar jacket. Clean tight and unmarked with square corners. D73 Please email for photos.