John Ashbery, Mark Ford (Editor)
John Ashbery: Collected Poems, 1956-1987.
The Library of America, 2008. Second printing. 9781598530285 xx/1046 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 5.5" x 8.5", is bound in dark blue cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Small red dot appears on bottom edge of text block. Book is otherwise in fine condition, with firm binding, clean and bright interior. Dust jacket, with price of $40 on front flap, is preserved in mylar cover. 
"With this volume, published in 2008, John Ashbery became the first living poet to have his work collected in the Library of America series. Beginning with "Some Trees" in 1956, John Ashbery charted a profoundly original and individual course that has opened up pathways for subsequent generations of poets. At once hermetic and exuberantly curious, meditative and unnervingly funny, dreamlike and steeped in everyday realities, and alive to every nuance of American speech, these are poems that constantly discover new worlds within language. This first volume of the collected Ashbery includes the complete texts of his first twelve books, including such groundbreaking collections as "Rivers and Mountains," "Three Poems," "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" (which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1975), and "Houseboat Days." It also features an unprecedented gathering of more than sixty previously uncollected poems written over a period of four decades, a rare treasure trove for poetry lovers. This volume is a landmark portrait of a modern master."