Music Unheard: An Anthology of Hitherto Unpublished Verse [Vol. I only]
by MANSFIELD, Margery, ed
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Harrison, [1939]. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); publisher's cloth in tan pictorial dust jacket printed in brown; 308,[12]pp. Jacket rather brittle with some chipping to extremities, rather substantial loss at bottom fore-edge corner of rear panel affecting publisher's advertisements with loss of meaning to approx. 9 lines of text, corners a bit bumped, else Very Good in Good or better jacket. We've noted two states of this Volume, this (no priority) with "Volume One" printed on title page verso. Includes poems by Stanton A. Coblentz, Louis Ginsberg (Allen's father), 23-year-old Stanley Kauffmann, and "W.P.A.," a poem by Alberta M. Paris.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34190
- Title
- Music Unheard: An Anthology of Hitherto Unpublished Verse [Vol. I only]
- Author
- MANSFIELD, Margery, ed
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Harrison
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1939]
- Keywords
- Allen Ginsberg
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; WPA; Great Depression;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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