The Alligator Bride: Poems New and Selected [Inscribed]

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1969. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (21cm); red cloth-covered boards, with titling and decorations stamped in black on spine and front cover; red topstain; dustjacket; xii,[2],3-95,[3]pp. Inscribed on title page, "for David / with pleasure talking in Brattleboro / Don Hall / 17 April 1982". Remainder mark on lower edge of textblock, sunning to upper edges, stamped price on front endpaper, rolled marks to rear endpaper, and some indentations to pages; Very Good or better. Dustjacket price-clipped with a chip at upper spine panel, fading, creasing, and shelfwear; Very Good. The award-winning poet's seventh (truncated) collection of verse, which includes twenty-five poems not previously published. [82493]. (Inventory #: 82493)