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Ashbery, John : Notes From The Air: Selected Later Poems

HarperCollins Publishers, New York City, NY, 2007

ISBN 0061367176

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket. 365 pages. Retrospective collection of poems. One of the most important literary events of our time. The First Hardcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited first print run as a hardcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. Presents, in one handsome volume, John Ashbery's "Notes From The Air: Selected Later Poems". One of the very best introductions to the work and achievement of Ashbery. "Spans ten major collections by one of America's most visionary and influential poets. Chosen by the author himself, the poems represent John Ashbery's best work from the past two decades. While Ashbery has long been considered a powerful force in twentieth-century culture, 'Notes from the Air' demonstrates clearly how important and relevant his writing continues to be, well into the twenty-first century. Many of the books from which these poems are drawn are regularly taught in university classrooms across the country, and critics and scholars vigorously debate his newest works as well as his classics. He has already published four major books since the turn of the new millennium and although 2007 marks his eightieth birthday, this legendary literary figure continues to write fresh, new, and vibrant poetry that remains as stimulating, provocative, and controversial as ever" (Publisher's blurb). "Recklessness is what makes art beautiful" (John Ashbery). The first living poet to be honored by the Library of America in 2008, John Ashbery died on September 3, 2017 at the age of 90. An absolute "must-have" title for John Ashbery collectors. This copy is very prominently and beautifully signed in black ink-pen on the title page by John Ashbery. It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. This title is a late-modern classic. This is one of few such signed copies of the First Hardcover Edition/First Printing still available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies available online have serious flaws, are subsequent printings, or are remainder-marked. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare signed copy thus. Regarded by Harold Bloom as the greatest American poet of our time. Winner of every major American poetry prize as well as the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Robert Frost Medal. One of the greatest poet/translator/artist of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER JOHN ASHBERY TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0061367176.

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