SIGNED Vita Nova by Louise Gluck First Edition Fourth Printing 1999

New York: Ecco Press, 1999. F/F. First Edition. Fourth printing with number line ending in 4. Signed by Louise Gluck on the front endpaper. The book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($22.00) and Fine -however faint signature bleed onto the inside flap (see photos). Protected in a Mylar cover. 51 pages. 6¼ x 9¼".

Vita Nova" is a book-length poetry collection that explores the paradoxes of life, death, love, and loss through a "terrifying act of perspective". The poems use a blend of mythic and personal narratives to dramatize the end of a relationship and the beginning of a new, albeit uncertain, life. Key themes include the struggle to reconcile hope with heartache, the enduring impact of the past on the present, and the bittersweet awareness of transience.