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PRAISE Hardcover - 1979

by Hass, Robert

  • Used
  • near fine
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
  • first

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New York: The Ecco Press, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Presentation copy, inscribed by Robert Hass to poet and editor Douglas Blazek on the half-title. "Longing, we say, because desire is full of endless distances." In this, his second collection of verse, Hass (b.1941) eloquently examines the use of language. The recipient of a National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and a MacArthur Fellowship, Hass served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. Octavo. Original burgundy cloth binding, with gilt and blind-stamped titles. A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket with some sun fading along the spine.
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  • Title PRAISE
  • Author Hass, Robert
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Near Fine
  • Pages 68
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The Ecco Press, New York
  • Date 1979
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 76216
  • ISBN 9780912946610 / 091294661X
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 11 x 8.5 x 1.25 in (27.94 x 21.59 x 3.18 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 78016016
  • Dewey Decimal Code 811.54

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