Karl Shapiro
28 copies for sale · $20–$200 · 17 first editions · 4 signed
Notable copies for sale
ESSAY ON RIME; Signed 1st (first edition, signed) — Rare Book Cellar$126
WHITE-HAIRED LOVER Inscribed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$35
Love & War, Art & God: the Poems of Karl Shapiro (signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$125
English Prosody and Modern Poetry (signed) — Between the Covers$100
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
Beyond Criticism: What the Poet Knows, The True Artificer, The Career of the Poem (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$40
Edsel (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
PERSON PLACE AND THING (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$35
WHITE-HAIRED LOVER (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$25
POETRY - Vol. 77 No. 1 - October 1950 (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$20
TRIAL OF A POET: And Other Poems (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$20
Works on the market
ADAM & EVE2 copies · $140–$200
ADULT BOOKSTORE2 copies · $48–$73
Edsel2 copies · $20–$25
ESSAY ON RIME; Signed 1st1 copy · $126
Love & War, Art & God: the Poems of Karl Shapiro1 copy · $125
SELECTED POEMS1 copy · $123
English Prosody and Modern Poetry1 copy · $100
TO ABOLISH CHILDREN AND OTHER ESSAYS1 copy · $48
In Defense of Ignorance1 copy · $45
Edsel The Poet's First Novel1 copy · $40
A ROOM IN ROME1 copy · $36
A Bibliography of Modern Prosody1 copy · $35
Edsel1 copy · $35
PERSON PLACE AND THING1 copy · $35
WHITE-HAIRED LOVER Inscribed1 copy · $35
Randall Jarrell1 copy · $30
The Alphabet1 copy · $25
WHITE-HAIRED LOVER1 copy · $25
Market context
10 copies of Karl Shapiro's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $27 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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