A near fine copy of the author/poet's first book, in gray cloth with printed paper label titles on spine Corners and spine ends very slightly bumped and front endpaper has darkening where a book marker was apparently laid in, but otherwise no marks or damage at all This is an exceptionally good copy of a quite scarce work Stanley Jasspon Kunitz (1905 â€"" 2006) was an American poet He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress twice, first in 1974 and then again in 2000 Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson, Ravenna Rare Books, Seattle, WA 63 pp.