THE BEAUTIFUL CHANGES

New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. First Edition. Original light green cloth w/ dark green lettering in dustjacket; small 8vo. 55 pp. The poet's first book, only 750 copies issued; reissued at a later date by Harcourt Brace, who bought Reynal in 1947. This copy signed and inscribed on the ffep "for __ __/ With thanks for his kind gift/..../Richard Wilbur/ Cummington/ 27 February 2012". The dustjacket flaps and endpapers with old cello tape, residue from removed bookplate, else Very Good, in a worn and price-clipped Good dustjacket.