
A signed hardcover first edition, with dust jacket, of Tell Me, Tell Me: Granite, Steel, and Other Topics, a volume of verse by Marianne Moore, published in 1966 by the Viking Press (New York). 9.25" x 6" x 0.5, 11 oz. It is signed by the author on the half-title page, with the date, Nov. Which, for this press, indicates a first edition.
Contents: "Granite and Steel, " "A Burning Desire to Be Explicit, " "In Lieu of the Lyre, " "The Mind, Intractable Thing, " "Dream, " "Old Amusement Park, " "An Expedient-Leonardo da Vinci's-and a Query, " W. Landor, " "To a Giraffe, " "Charity Overcoming Envy, " "Profit Is a Dead Weight, " "Blue Bug, " "Arthur Mitchell, " "Baseball and Writing, " "My Crow, Pluto-a Fantasy, " "To Victor Hugo of My Crow Pluto, " "Rescue with Yul Brynner, " "Carnegie Hall: Rescued, " "Tell Me, Tell Me, " "Saint Valentine, " "Subject, Predicate, Object, " "Sun, Notes and Acknowledgments. No markings noted other than author's signature, plus a pencilled bookseller's in corner of front flyleaf indicating first edition and signature. Jacket is in a clear plastic protector but shows minor wear at edges. See images, which are of the actual item, not stock photos.