Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition, first printing hardcover copy of A New Path to the Waterfall: Poems by Raymond Carver in a new archival wrap. First Edition unstated, 1989 Atlantic Monthly Press. First Printing also stated.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright, cloth boards with strong title ink on a straight spine. Also, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is also in Near Fine condition with marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership inside. The illustrated end papers and the interior pages are clean and bright, making it an excellent addition to any collection.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild surface and edge wear. Looks great in a new Brodart archival wrap.
Poetry was as important to Raymond Carver as his short stories and this collection sounds a key-note of enjoyment in the present rather than regret for the past. In the introduction, his widow gives a moving account of his last days, his love of Chekhov and the poems of Czeslaw Milosz.
Ships promptly in a corrugated mailer with the book wrapped in both craft paper and multiple layers of bubble wrap.