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Lord Weary's Castle 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo - 1947

by Lowell, Robert

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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947. Later printing, with code [d. 6. 47] on copyright page. 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Very good copy in worn and soiled dust jacket with note of Pulitzer Prize Award for Poetry in 1947 on inside flap. Some traces of adhesion from jacket to cloth. Later printing, with code [d. 6. 47] on copyright page. 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Lord Weary's Castle, Lowell's first regularly published book, is a milestone in the history of recent modern poetry -- with it, Lowell leaped to prominence, and the book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Contains 42 of his poems, including some of his most famous poems such as "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket," "Mr. Edwards and the Spider". Inscribed by the author on the flyleaf, "For Vernon Ingraham Robert Lowell April 14, 1964". Mazzaro A3
Used - Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Very good copy in worn and soiled dust jacket with note of Pulitzer Prize Award for Poetry
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  • Title Lord Weary's Castle
  • Author Lowell, Robert
  • Binding 69 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
  • Edition Later printing, with code [d. 6. 47] on copyright page
  • Condition Used - Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Very good copy in worn and soiled dust jacket with note of Pulitzer Prize Award for Poetry
  • Publisher Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York
  • Date 1947
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 339470

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