Let us compare mythologies
by Cohen Leonard
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
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About This Item
Montreal : [Published for the McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press], 1956. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. black cloth, silver spine letters,dust jacket,79 pages, illustrated, five full page line drawings by Freda Guttman, with some minor wear to dust jacket at top of spine, (with very small loss) and at top corners of d.j.,very slight tone to spine of d.j, in protective mylar jacket. a fine example of the author's first book of which approximately 400 copies were printed. part of the McGill Poetry Series operated by Louis Dudek.First published in 1956 when he was twenty-two years old, Let Us Compare Mythologies is Leonard Cohen's first collection of poetry. It is an accomplished and passionate collection which demonstrates Cohen's remarkably assured voice, even as a young man. An unprecedented debut published to immediate acclaim..
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- Bookseller
- Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1125558196
- Title
- Let us compare mythologies
- Author
- Cohen Leonard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- [Published for the McGill Poetry Series by Contact Press]
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- English literature outside Europe and the USA,Canada.Canadian poetry.Fiction.Poems (texts)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Rare Books;
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
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Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Biblio member since 2004
Fredericton, New Brunswick
About Harry E Bagley Books Ltd
Mail order only. 51 years as a bookseller
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