Kay Ryan was the United States Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. Dragon Acts to Dragon Ends was her first book, published in an unnumbered edition of fifty copies sold by private subscription.

Octavo, 64 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in publisher's black and white pictorial wraps with black lettering to spine. Light wear, with a small amount of discoloration. A lovely presentation inscription on the half-title page by Kay Ryan, dated 1984, the year after the book's publication. MH Consignment. Shelved in Case 0.