The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems

NY: Simon and Schuster, 1971. First edition. 160pp. Patterned paper boards; dust jacket. Light toning to edges of boards and textblock; publisher's price stamp at top of ffep. Very near fine in an unclipped jacket.

Sharp first printing of this collection, a landmark of confessional feminist poetry, by American poet Diane Wakoski (b. 1937). Jacket design by Bob Nemser, with rear panel photograph of Wakoski by Tom Victor.