Berkeley, CA: University of California. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Front hinge cracked.. Date: 2000. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0520205804 . xxxix, 493pp. Index, bibliography, chronology. Navy cloth titled in silver on spine. A collection of letters by the American poet (1910-1970) and professor associated with Black Mountain College and other institutions. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . 2000. University of California ISBN 0520205804 9780520205802 [US]

ISBN10: 0520205804, ISBN13: 9780520205802, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley] Hardcover First Edition Octavo. Midnight blue cloth covered boards and spine with shiny silver foil lettering on the spine. Book has a very faint bumping at the head and tail of the spine. White endpapers. Binding is straight and tight. There are a couple small smudges on the lower edge of the textblock. Previous owner has left a few light spots on some pages and a cursory flip through the book shows margin brackets marking passages on 15 of the book's pages - pages otherwise clean. 493 pages. Dust Jacket - has just a trace of rubbing at the head and tail of the spine. Not much wear to speak of, but white jacket shows light overall evidence of handling over time. Edited by Ralph Maud. Illustrated with a frontis photograph. Olson probably best known for his The Maximus Poems.
[SANDY, UT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]
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University of California Press. Used - Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. University of California Press ISBN 0520205804 9780520205802 [US]

ISBN10: 0520205804, ISBN13: 9780520205802, [publisher: California] Hardcover Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/VG 493 pp.
[Eugene, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]

California, Date: 2000. Hardcover with dust jacket. VG/VG 2000. California ISBN 0520205804 9780520205802 [US]

University of California Press 2000 1st Edition Hardcover Fine in Near Fine jacket First edition. Black cloth, large octavo. xxxiix, 493 pates. Chronology, annotated index. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket in a mylar protector.

Univ of California Pr, Date: 2001. Hardback. Fine/Fine. 2001. Univ of California Pr ISBN 0520205804 9780520205802 [US]

ISBN10: 0520205804, ISBN13: 9780520205802, [publisher: University of California Press] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Black cloth, large octavo. xxxiix, 493 pates. Chronology, annotated index. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket in a mylar protector.
[Corvallis, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]

University of California Press 2001 1st ed hardcover Berkeley. 2000. University of California Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket With a Small Tear Mark on the Read Side Edge. 0520205804. Edited by Ralph Maud. 493 pages. hardcover. Jacket illustartion: Olson outside his home in Washington, ca. 1946-1947. Jacket design by Barbara Jellow. keywords: Poetry America Literature. FROM THE PUBLISHER-For Charles Olson, letters were not only a daily means of communication with friends but were at the same time a vehicle for exploratory thought. In fact, many of Olson's finest works, including Projective Verse and the Maximus Poems, were formulated as letters. Olson's letters are important to an understanding of his definition of the postmodern, and through the play of mind exhibited here we recognize him as one of the vital thinkers of the twentieth century. In this volume, edited and annotated by Ralph Maud, we see Olson at the height of his powers and also at his most human. Nearly 200 letters, selected from a known 3, 000, demonstrate the wide range of Olson's interests and the depth of his concern for the future. Maud includes letters to friends and loved ones, job and grant applications, letters of recommendation, and Black Mountain College business letters, as well as correspondence illuminating Olson's poetics. As we read through the letters, which span the years from 1931, when Olson was an undergraduate, to his death in 1970, a fascinating portrait of this ...

ISBN10: 0520205804, ISBN13: 9780520205802, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Edited by Ralph Maud. Fine in near fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]
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Berkeley University of California Press 2000 Annotated. Hardcover Fine in Near Fine jacket First edition. Edited by Ralph Maud. Fine in near fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper.

ISBN10: 0520205804, ISBN13: 9780520205802, [publisher: University of California Press, Berkeley] Hardcover First Edition First edition. Edited by Ralph Maud. Fine in near fine, lightly soiled dustwrapper.
[Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2000]
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ISBN10: 0520205804, ISBN13: 9780520205802, [publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PR] Hardcover This collection of nearly 200 of Charles Olson s letters, span his years from undergraduate, to his death. They show that for Olson, letters were a vehicle for exploratory thought and he emerges as a complex thinker. They also allow the reader to gain insig.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2001]
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