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A beautifully produced signed edition of Erica Jong’s Love Comes First, featuring an elaborate author inscription across the title and facing pages. A thoughtful and emotionally resonant collection of poetry from the acclaimed author of Fear of Flying.
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Love Comes First by Erica Jong is a deeply reflective and emotionally intelligent collection of poetry from one of the most influential literary voices of the late twentieth century. Best known for her groundbreaking novel Fear of Flying, Jong brings the same honesty, wit, vulnerability, and lyrical sophistication to this 2009 volume of poems. Exploring themes of love, mortality, memory, aging, desire, solitude, and resilience, the collection showcases a mature poetic voice that remains both intimate and fearless.
This particular copy is especially desirable due to the elaborate handwritten inscription and signature by Erica Jong spanning the title page and facing blank page, transforming Love Comes First from a standard reading copy into a collectible association piece. Signed modern poetry collections from major literary figures continue to attract interest from collectors, particularly when inscriptions are more personal and visually striking than simple signatures.
Published by Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin in 2009, the book is attractively bound in burnt-orange paper-covered boards with black stamped decoration to the cover and spine, housed in the original decorative dust jacket. The elegant design complements the introspective and lyrical nature of the poems themselves.
Jong’s poetry draws upon literary, mythological, and autobiographical influences while remaining highly accessible to contemporary readers. This collection is ideal for collectors of signed books, modern American poetry, feminist literature, and Erica Jong first editions, as well as readers seeking thoughtful and beautifully crafted verse from an iconic literary figure.
Condition – Near Fine
2009 hardcover in very good dust jacket with light edge wear and a 5mm tear at the front fore-edge fold. The burnt-orange paper-covered boards with black stamped detail on the cover and spine show only minimal signs of handling. Internally clean throughout with an elaborate inscription and signature by Erica Jong on the title and facing pages.
