With Wanda: Town and Country Poems.

ZIMMER, Paul [Annie Dillard].

$175.00

Item Number: 88097

Washington, D.C. & San Francisco: Dryad Press, 1980.

First edition of American poet Paul Zimmer’s fifth book of poems. Octavo, original wrappers as issued. Association copy, inscribed to poet Annie Dillard on the title page, “August 1980 For Annie and Gary, With admiration and affection. Paul.” With Annie Dillard’s bookplate to the half-title page. In near fine condition. Cover design by Susan Foster. Book design by Merrill Leffler. A nice association.

American poet Paul Zimmer worked as a shoe salesman, stockbroker clerk, steel mill electrician, and news reporter while serving in the U.S. Army before he became the director of the University of Georgia Press. Zimmer received numerous awards for his poetry including the Yankee poetry prize, Bullis Award of Poetry Northwest, a Pushcart Prize, and a National Endowment for the Arts Writing Fellowship.