New Directions, 1996. 8vo, scarlet cloth, gilt titles, 168pp. First edition. Advance review copy with tipped in publisher’s slip. Unclipped dust jacket (22.95) mildly toned to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Collection of ten stories by the Kentucky writer, classicist and critic. A......
North Point Press, 1981. 8vo, quarter khaki cloth over blue buckram boards, gilt titles, 238pp. First Edition. Inscribed by Davenport to the front flyleaf. Unclipped dust jacket (15.00) with mild rubbing to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper, unfortunate damp stain to text block bleeding over to edges of endpapers.....
North Point Press, 1987. 8vo, navy buckram cloth, gilt titles, 171pp. First edition. Unclipped dust jacket (16.95) toned to flaps, mild rubbing to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper, light fading to board corners. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Twenty essays on a range of topics classical and contemporary.....
North Point Press, 1987. 8vo, navy buckram cloth, gilt titles, 171pp. First edition. Unclipped dust jacket (16.95) toned to flaps, mild rubbing to panels. Discreet ex library stamping to text block edges, else unmarked, light fading to board corners. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Twenty essays on a range.....
Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1974. 8vo, dark grey cloth, silver titles, 261pp. First edition, with number line beginning in 1. Signed by Davenport to the half title page. Unclipped dust jacket (7.95) moderately toned to panels. Ownership signature to front endpaper, light bump to corners, slight buckling to pages from stuffing.....
North Point Press, 1985. 8vo, silver cloth boards, gilt titles, 145pp. First edition. Unclipped dust jacket (14.95) toned to flaps. Contents clean, binding sharp and square. Collection of original poems and translations of Sappho, Rilke, and others by the Kentucky poet and critic. A nearly fine copy.