NY, Morrow, (1991). One of Collins' own copies of the scarce hardcover issue of the first edition of his fourth book of poetry, together with a typed letter signed, dated June 10, 1997, to Gerald Costanzo, in which Collins makes his case for bringing the book back into print. Several paragraphs, in part: "I believe the book still has some legs. Edward Hirsch selected the book for the National Poetry Series in 1990, and it was published by William Morrow & Co. in 1991. It went through four print runs and sold over 6,000 copies, which, I don't have to tell you, is a large figure for a book of poems..." Collins closes by saying he is sending along one of the last of the hard-bound copies, which is included here. The letter is folded in half, with a little loss of crispness where it overhangs the book it was laid into; else fine. The book has some dampstaining to the boards and endpages; very good in a near fine dust jacket with dampening to verso. The title was brought back into print by the University of Pittsburgh Press in 1999; Collins was named U.S. Poet Laureate in 2001. [#027192] SOLD