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FIVE TEMPERAMENTS: Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, James Merrill, Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery
by Kalstone, David
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in near fine jacket.
- ISBN 10
- 0195022602
- ISBN 13
- 9780195022605
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. First edition. Near fine in near fine jacket.. First printing of this critical examination of the uses of autobiography in the work of five major contemporary American poets. 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original red cloth with gilt-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($10.95) red dust jacket designed by Harry Ford. 212 pages. Jacket verso lightly toned, very faint spotting to top edge of text block.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51671
- Title
- FIVE TEMPERAMENTS: Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, James Merrill, Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery
- Author
- Kalstone, David
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in near fine jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0195022602
- ISBN 13
- 9780195022605
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Poetry,Criticism,20th century,US American,1970s,Biography & Memoir
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Fine
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