THOM GUNN—Jack Straws Castle—Faber 1997—1st Edition Thus HARDCOVER

Description: • For Your Consideration: • NUMBER 20 in “THE FABER LABRARY” Series: • A First Edition Thus in HARDCOVER of: • “JACK STRAW’S CASTLE” (The Faber Library / Faber and Faber, 1997) (Hardcover, First Edition Thus) • BY THOM GUNN • ABOUT THIS TITLE: • “First published in 1978, the poems in JACK STRAW’S CASTLE confirmed THOM GUNN as one of the most considerable and impressive poets of our time. They are set in England where he was born and grew up, in San Francisco where he now lives, in New York, and some in purely imaginary places.” —THE PUBLISHER • “Even if you don’t normally read poetry, you ought to read THOM GUNN…. He has reached that rare and happy stage where everything he writes is unmistakably his own.” —JULIAN MITCHELL, GAY NEWS • “The way in which GUNN’s intelligence and energy run so powerfully with his imagination is quite exceptional.” —A. ALVAREZ, OBSERVER (UK) • “Here there is a kind of easy humor and simplicity of emotion only glimpsed in the earlier poems.” —NASRULLAH MAMBROL, LITERARINESS (WEBSITE) • ABOUT THE POET:• “GUNN has developed his craft so that by now even his freest compositions have a disciplined music.”—M. L. ROSENTHAL, NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW • “Here is a poet without vanity.” —HENRI COLE, THE NATION • “GUNN uses humor the way he uses rhyme and meter: to give form to fear and emptiness so dreadful that they threaten to overwhelm thought and emotion.” —PHOEBE PETTINGELL, THE NEW LEADER • “GUNN restores poetry to a centrality it has often seemed close to losing, by dealing in the context of a specific human catastrophe with the great themes of life and death, coherently, intelligently, memorably. One could hardly ask for more.”—NEIL POWELL • • For other details about this book, please see below. • SERIES: “THE FABER LIBRARY 20” TITLE: “JACK STRAW’S CASTLE” AUTHOR: THOM GUNN TYPE: HARDCOVER PUBLISHER, LOCALE, & YEAR: The Faber Library / Faber and Faber (London), 1997 EDITION: First Edition Thus* *RE: On the Copyright Page, this statement: “First published in 1976 by Faber and Faber…. Faber Library edition first published in 1997” & this Number Row: “10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.” NOTE: This copy is NOT an ex-library copy NOR a book-club edition. PAGES: 77 ISBN: 0-571-19299-8 CONDITION OF DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD. Price (L10.99) is on the back & unclipped. DJ is dark-blue with light smudging on the sides but still clean & bright overall. Corners are fine. Spine is lighter with a smattering of faint foxing spots (two of which slip over to the front). Light edgewear. CONDITION OF BOOK: VERY GOOD PLUS. Book is square. Boards are clean & bright. Corners are sharp. Spine is tight & uncreased with fine tips & bright lettering. Text-block edges are faintly age-toned. Pages are also faintly toned, but also pointedly bright & clean with no writing, no underlining, no highlighting, no foxing, no staining, no tears/rips, no foul odor, etc. • SHIPPING NEWS: This book will be wrapped with care before being shipped in a cushioned & sturdy mailer. THANK YOU! ********************** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= “We believe it’s good business to be good to our customers.” *********** FLAPPINCAT’s HOUSE RULES ***********1. GENERAL TREATMENT. We enjoy treating FLAPPINCAT customers with honesty & respect & warmth because that’s how we like to be treated when we buy things on eBay.2. GENERAL ATTITUDE. We are grateful you choose to trust us with your business. We aim for that gratitude to permeate every part of how we engage with you.3. OUR DESCRIPTIONS. We describe every item we sell as clearly and accurately as we can. When it comes to describing condition, we tend toward being conservative. 4. PACKING & SHIPPING. We know from experience that items, when not thoughtfully packed, can be damaged during shipment. To avoid that real danger, FLAPPINCAT wraps & cushions your purchase(s) mindfully—and sometimes zealously—in a sturdy package. WARNING: In our zeal, we sometimes over-tape containers and you may need a penknife to unseal our shipments. NOTE: Though we often recycle shipping materials, we do NOT stint on protection. 5. OUR PRICES. We try to offer the lowest prices on eBay for items we sell. Even our most expensive offerings tend to be lower than what others are asking. “You could look it up!” —to quote baseball immortal JACK KEEFE. SUMMARY: We know you have many buying options on eBay. FLAPPINCAT tries to be distinctive by being accurate, mindful, and friendly. *********** How We GRADECONDITION ***********DETAILS. The condition of every item we sell will be described in detail.FLAWS. All discernible flaws will be noted, if not emphasized. Of course, the grading of condition can be subjective. And since no grader is perfect, it is possible that we may at times miss a flaw. It is also possible that we may miss some perfections! Should we make a mistake, you will find FLAPPINCAT eager to fix things with you. Just send us a note and we’ll get on it.GRADING SYSTEM. For books and magazines (and even other items), we use these terms (in order of desirability): VERY FINE or LIKE NEW FINE (or EXCELLENT) NEAR FINE (or NF) VERY GOOD PLUS (or VG+) VERY GOOD (or VG) GOOD FAIR ACCEPTABLE POOR “POOR.” Except in rare cases, for rare items, we tend to avoid selling items that are in utterly “POOR” condition. It is more likely that on a rare item, only one part of an item (out of numerous parts) will be described as “POOR.”RETURNS. We accept that you may wish to return a purchase because you genuinely think we haven't described and graded its condition properly. We accept that we our* imperfect. We also accept that people can see things differently—and still be civil! (*Get it?)POP QUIZ. Please feel free to ask questions at any time about condition (or anything else, except math). EXTRA VISUALS. Although we include multiple photographs in our listings, we usually have others we could share with you. (These extra photos also help to establish a paper-trial in the rare case that an item is damaged en route to you.)*********** SHIPPING ***********Every item is individually priced for postage. That price can be found in the listing, not here. UNITED STATES: In the USA, we ship books via MEDIA MAIL. Magazines are generally shipped PRIORITY MAIL; the Post Office does not permit magazines which carry advertising to be shipped MEDIA MAIL.INTERNATIONAL DESTINATIONS: To those international countries to which we ship (please see list), the cost of postage is calculated by eBay and individually listed with each item.EXPEDITED SHIPPING: In the United States, EXPEDITED SHIPPING is available if you request, and pay, for it BEFORE we ship your item. *********** HOW TO PAY ***********PAYMENT: As we ship promptly, we ask that you please pay promptly—via PAYPAL. With auctions, payments should be made before 3 days (72 hours) from the time an auction for an item closes. After 4 days—and independent of us!—eBay automatically begins a process for unpaid action. NEED MORE TIME? If you need more time to pay, PLEASE just contact us in advance of the deadline. We understand how life happens, so we don't mind being reasonable. Thank you!*********** LASTLY ***********What more can we say? Haven't we said enough? Well…we can always repeat ourselves. In summary: FLAPPINCAT is genuinely grateful for your patronage and we aim to express that gratitude in every way we can. Thanks for trusting FLAPPINCAT! *********** P.S. COMINGSOON *********** /\___/\=•ᆺ•= FLAPPINCAT’s BIG BARN SALE of RARE VINYL & RARE CDS Featuring the best from a long-running collection of psych, garage, folk, private press, blues, gospel, world, xian, & oddities. *********** ***********

Price: 27.99 USD

Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina

End Time: 2025-01-30T15:24:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.99 USD