Falling, May Day Sermon, and Other Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by DICKEY, James
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. Signed bookplate loosely laid in. Octavo (21cm); black cloth covered boards, titled in metallic blue on the spine; dustjacket; 75pp. Fine. The dustjacket is price-clipped, else Fine.
"Features two of his mostnotable poems, one the hallucinated version of a woman's fall from an airplane, and the other an improvisation on a folk theme from Georgia." (from the dustjacket).
"Features two of his mostnotable poems, one the hallucinated version of a woman's fall from an airplane, and the other an improvisation on a folk theme from Georgia." (from the dustjacket).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53884
- Title
- Falling, May Day Sermon, and Other Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
- Author
- DICKEY, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Place of Publication
- Middletown
- Date Published
- 1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Fine
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