O To Be a Dragon

New York: Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Fine in about fine dustwrapper with a tiny tear. Inscribed by the author to a fellow poet: "(O To Be A Dragon) Dear Elizabeth McFarland, I wish I had given it to you. Marianne Moore. October 25, 1959.

New York: The Viking Press, 1960. First Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 37 pages; VG/VG-; spine blue and white, with white and blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; some shelf wear and mild soiling; small chip missing at upper left corner of jacket front; three small punctures to jacket front; spine age-toned, with small chips missing… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 37 pages; VG/VG; spine blue and white, with white and blue lettering; dust jacket protected with a mylar covering; mild shelf wear and soiling; small chips missing from bottom corners of flap folds; price cut; inscribed by Moore at front free endpaper; pages clean; CX consignment; shelved… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press. Fine in Good dust jacket. 1959. First Edition; Second Printing. 1/4 Cloth. First edition/later printing, in unread Fine condition in Good dust-jacket, areas of separation and tape repair along spine. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small… Read more about this item

New York: The Viking Press, 1959 First printing of the first edition. Light wear to spine ends, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with some rubbing to panels and spine, toning to spine and jacket margins, black line to front cover, and mild edge wear, else fine.

New York: The Viking Press, 1959, 1959. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. Hardcover. First Edition. A fine copy in 1/4 gray over blue cloth, blue titles to the spine in a lovely, fresh pc. dustwrapper. 8vo. 37 pp.

New York: Viking Press, 1959. Jacket price-clipped and darkened at edges, otherwise a clean and fresh copy. 8vo. 37 pages. Original two-toned cloth; dust jacket. First edition, first impression. Signed by Moore on the front free endpaper, and dated Sept. 17, 1959 [the date of publication] on the copyright page. Abbott A17.1.

New York: Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with wrinkling on the front panel and some rubbing on the spine. From the library of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Peter Taylor and his wife, the National Book Award-nominated poet Eleanor Ross Taylor, with Eleanor Ross Taylor's ownership signature.

New York: Viking Press, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.75), toned and with a chip on the spine. Quarter grey buckram with blue buckram on the boards, a few strips of black stains on the front. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.

New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. 37 pages. A collection of 15 poems. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. A bright and fresh copy.

New York: The Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Owner name else fine in very good dust jacket with two small label remnants on the spine.

NY: Viking, 1959. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 37. Notes. Paper over boards with cloth spine. Edges of leaves somewhat spotted, cover edges slightly rubbed, o/w a nice vopy in little soiled and very slightly chipped dj.

New York: Viking Press, 1959. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 6 x 9 in. Paper boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; minimal shelf wear, covers very clean. Binding tight and text unmarked. DJ is VERY GOOD ; not price-clipped, very clean, spine toned, edges worn with some chips. Poet. Stax.

New York: The Viking Press, 1959. First edition, first impression. 37 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original two-toned cloth; printed dust jacket. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket with slightest of surface wear. First edition, first impression. 37 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. PRESENTATION COPY, warmly inscribed on the front free endpaper: "For Robert. J. H. Kiphuth /… Read more about this item

1959. MOORE, Marianne. O TO BE A DRAGON. NY: Viking, 1959. 8vo., cloth & boards in dust jacket. First Edition. Signed presentation from Moore on the front endpaper: "For dear Mrs. Chute, Marchette, and Joy,- from Marianne, Sept. 17, 1959." The Chute sisters were American novelists, biographers, and literary historians. Moore did… Read more about this item

New York: Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First edition. Very good with some stain spots along the bottom edge of the rear board in a very good dustwrapper with stains along the bottom of the rear panel, light soiling.

New York: The Viking Press, 1959. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in price-clipped modestly spine-toned, very good or better dust jacket with a small internally repaired tear.

New York: The Viking Press, 1960. 4th Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 0x0x0. 4th printing. Edges lightly toned and soiled. 1960 Hard Cover. 37 pp. 8vo. Fifteen poems about dragons, jellyfish, the Brooklyn Dodgers and more, with endnotes. "The endless musical and structural possibilities of Miss Moore's invention, " writes W.H. Auden, "are a treasure from which all… Read more about this item

NY: Viking, 1959. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 37. Ex library, with bookplate and pocket removed. Tape marks on cover, o/w a VG tight copy in slightly chipped and somewhat soiled dj.

Viking, 1959. First edition, second printing. Fine and bright in near fine dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout.