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LIFE WORK.
by Hall, Donald
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in glossy printed wrappers (lower corner slightly bumped, staple holes in front cover)
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston:: Beacon Press,, (1993). SIGNED first edition -. Near fine in glossy printed wrappers (lower corner slightly bumped, staple holes in front cover) . Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) A book in which Hall, an award winning poet, author of children's books and works of nonfiction, describes how work has filled his life with excitement - and he reflects on the different nature of work -his grandfather as a farmer in New Hampshire, his father in an office, and his work of putting a pen to paper. Halfway through writing this book, he found he had cancer, and it gave this book a new urgency, although he ultimately went on to live many more years. SIGNED on the title page. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year. 124 pp. Text design by Barry Moser.
Synopsis
Donald Hall is the author of many volumes of poetry spanning forty years, including The One Day, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, essays, children's books, and criticism.
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- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 67947
- Title
- LIFE WORK.
- Author
- Hall, Donald
- Format/Binding
- SIGNED first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in glossy printed wrappers (lower corner slightly bumped, staple holes in front cover)
- Publisher
- Beacon Press,
- Place of Publication
- Boston:
- Date Published
- (1993)
- Keywords
- autobiography, arc, uncorrected proof, new hampshire, farmer, cancer,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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