Permit Me Voyage. With A Foreword By Archibald MacLeish
by AGEE, James
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Spine a little faded, inch-deep strip at top of the back cover faded as well, otherwise a near fine copy
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1934. First edition of Agee's scarce first book, a collection of poems. Tipped to the front free endpaper is a slip of paper on which is inscribed a note from Stephen Vincent Benét: "Dear Miss Locke, Here is the Macleish book, my sister's, and one by a young poet who, I think, has great promise, Merry Xmas to you both! Stephen Vincent Benét.. Spine a little faded, inch-deep strip at top of the back cover faded as well, otherwise a near fine copy. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Spine a little faded, inch-deep strip at top of the back cover faded as well, otherwise a near fine copy.
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- Bookseller
- James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20841
- Title
- Permit Me Voyage. With A Foreword By Archibald MacLeish
- Author
- AGEE, James
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine a little faded, inch-deep strip at top of the back cover faded as well, otherwise a near fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition of Agee's scarce first book, a collection of poems
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1934
Terms of Sale
James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC
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Deep River, Connecticut
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