signed first edition Hardcover
1992 · Saint Paul
by GIOIA, Dana. (Donald Justice)
Saint Paul: Graywolf Press, 1992. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Tall octavo. xiii, 257pp. Fine in lightly worn, near fine dust jacket with a portion of the spine very lightly sunned. Inscribed to noted poet Donald Justice on the title page: "For Don- who'll understand. Dana." Donald Justice is the subject of one of the essays collected here: "Tradition and an Individual Talent." An excellent association. Laid in are a three-page program for "Nosferatu," introduced (in the performance) by Dana Gioia; A reproduction (or offprint?) of Gioia's entry from *American Poets Since World War II. Third Series*; and an eight-page corner-stapled essay (truncated)