The Anathemata : fragments of an attempted writing
by Jones, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Faber and Faber. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1952). First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name in pencil. Small 3mm loss at ends of dust-jacket spine. A couple of tears to margins of dust-jacket (10mm and 20mm) with tape repairs on reverse side. Foxing to dust-jacket. Faint circular mug stain to front panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 243, [1 (blank)] pages + 9 plates ( 1 red and black, 8 black and white). Beige cloth boards with red panel and gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 219 x 139mm. Poetry. "Thomas Dilworth has asserted that the reason that Jones' poetry is not widely read today is the "general neglect of The Anathemata." This is owing to his publisher for decades not listing it as poetry or Jones as a poet. Despite this, The Anathemata was well received by Jones' fellow poets. For example, W.H. Auden described it as "very probably the finest long poem written in English this century," and T.S. Eliot felt that it secured Jones' status along with Ezra Pound, and James Joyce as a master of English Modernism." - Wikipedia entry on The Anathemata, accessed March 2024. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25740
- Title
- The Anathemata : fragments of an attempted writing
- Author
- Jones, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1952)
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Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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