Metamorphoses Of Metaphor

(New York): Elisa Sifton Books / Viking, 1987. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Octavo. 194pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Advance Review Copy with author photo and publisher's slip laid in. Inscribed by the author: "To George Bixby, with unmetaphonic good wishes. Alfred Corn." Bixby was a New York-based bookseller and publisher of Albondocani Press.

New York: Viking Press/Elisabeth Sifton Books, 1987. Hardcover. xi, 194p., preface, very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Corn considers Proust, Cavafy, Elizabeth Bishop, Elizabeth Bowen, Hart Crane and others.

(New York): Elisa Sifton Books / Viking, 1987. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Octavo. 194pp. Fine in perfectbound wrappers with handwritten date and price, as issued. A tipped in note on the first page from the publisher described a printing error in this proof.

New York: Viking Press, 1987. 1st edition, cloth spine, with printed dust jacket. An imprint of Elisabeth Sifton, with a "compliments" card laid in. The text (pp 194) is presented in four sections. Jacket reviews by Anthony Hecht and Richard Wilbur. Fine.

U.S.A: Viking Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Type: Hardback First Printing. Hardcover Book and Jacket in Very Good Condition. Mylar jacket cover. Fourteen essays on twentieth-century writers such as Wallace Stevens, Marcel Proust, Cavafy, Montale, Elizabeth Bowen, Boris Pasternak, Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Bishop, Hart Crane. Clean binding of… Read more about this item

(New York): Viking, 1987. Softcover. Fine. Uncorrected proof. Gray wrappers. Fine with publisher's material laid in.

Viking, 1987. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. 8vo. A Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ has shelfwear, minor rubbing, edgewear, a fold line on the front flap, and age-related toning. Book has mild edgewear, smudges on edges of text block, shelfwear, scattered pencil underlinings & notations, and age-related toning to pages.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. remainder mark to front edge of page block, edge discolor and a spot on front board. Dust jacket has a light crease to front flap. Dust jacket protected by a removable Brodart cover..

Viking Adult, March 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable/Very Good.

Viking, 1987. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Viking Pr. Very Good/No Dust Wrapper. 1987. Hard Cover. 0670814717 (V11) .

Unknown Binding. Very Good. Binding: hardcover with DJ, Condition: Very Good. black ink mark on front edge.

Viking Adult, 1987-03-25. Hardcover. Good.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Viking, 1987-03-25. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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