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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. Softcover. Near Fine. First American edition, and first edition thus (first expanded edition), wrappered issue, published simultaneously in cloth issue and softbound issue. Octavo. Cream-colored wrappers. Very slightly rubbed at extremities of yapped edges, else a fine, bright copy. Advance Review Copy, issued with a special slip noting this as an "examination copy for your professional examination." Author's first book. This American edition contains 19 new poems not included in the English edition (London: J. M. Dent 1963). A very scarce publication with the publisher's review slip, the only ‘professional' educational review copy that we have examined of this title.

London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1963. Hardcover; 8vo; 56 pages. First U.K. edition, published two years prior to the expanded American first. Quite scarce. Green paperbound hardcovers with gilt titles on spine. Gently rubbed edges. Bright and clean interior. In a pale green jacket, white and blue titles/decorations. Gently sunned spine, bumped edges (head-edge of spine), in a protective plastic jacket. Price clipped. A very nice copy of this classic of American poetry. VG+/VG-. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good-.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965. First American edition of the poet's scarce first book. Octavo, original cloth. Signed twice by Mary Oliver, once on the half-title page and again on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light shelfwear. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Author photograph by Molly Malone Cook. An exceptional example. Mary Oliver was described by The New York Times as "far and away, [America's] best-selling poet." She has won both the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 and the National Book Award in 1992. Oliver's poetry has been called an "indefatigable guide to the natural world, particularly to its lesser-known aspects" (Kumin, 1993). "Visionary as Emerson [ she is] among the few American poets who can describe and transmit ecstasy, while retaining a practical awareness of the world as one of predators and prey," reviewed The Nation. Holly Prado of Los Angeles Times Book Review noted that Oliver's work "touches a vitality… Read More