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Karl Shapiro

24 copies for sale · $16–$200 · 15 first editions · 3 signed

Notable copies for sale

In Defense of Ignorance (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$45
Edsel The Poet's First Novel (first edition) — Good Books in the Woods$40
Edsel (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
POETRY - Vol. 77 No. 1 - October 1950 (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$20
WHITE-HAIRED LOVER Inscribed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$35
The Poetry Wreck: Selected Essays 1950-1970 (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$35
The Jewish Problem for Stanley Burnshaw . Reprinted from The American Scholar — Lorne Bair Rare Books$20
Randall Jarrell (first edition) — Between the Covers$30
Love & War, Art & God: the Poems of Karl Shapiro (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$125
Beyond Criticism: What the Poet Knows, The True Artificer, The Career of the Poem (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$40
PERSON PLACE AND THING (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$35
WHITE-HAIRED LOVER (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$25

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Works on the market

ADAM & EVE2 copies · $140–$200
ADULT BOOKSTORE2 copies · $48–$73
RANDALL JARRELL2 copies · $16–$30
ESSAY ON RIME; Signed 1st1 copy · $126
Love & War, Art & God: the Poems of Karl Shapiro1 copy · $125
SELECTED POEMS1 copy · $123
In Defense Of Ignorange Signed By Robert Traver John Voelker1 copy · $75
THE YOUNGER SON; Poet: an Autobiography in Three Parts Volume I1 copy · $54
TO ABOLISH CHILDREN AND OTHER ESSAYS1 copy · $48
In Defense of Ignorance1 copy · $45
Beyond Criticism: What the Poet Knows, The True Artificer, The Career of the Poem1 copy · $40
Edsel The Poet's First Novel1 copy · $40
Edsel1 copy · $35
PERSON PLACE AND THING1 copy · $35
The Poetry Wreck: Selected Essays 1950-19701 copy · $35
WHITE-HAIRED LOVER Inscribed1 copy · $35
The Alphabet1 copy · $25
WHITE-HAIRED LOVER1 copy · $25
The Jewish Problem for Stanley Burnshaw . Reprinted from The American Scholar1 copy · $20
POETRY - Vol. 77 No. 1 - October 19501 copy · $20

Market context

6 copies of Karl Shapiro's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $26 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).

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