SELECTED POEMS; [Inscribed association copy]
by Merwin, W. S
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1988. First edition. Scare hardcover issue. INSCRIBED BY MERWIN on half-title page, "Warm and good wishes to/ Jane and Walter Sullivan/ Sewanee/ 1/22/90/ William." Walter Sullivan (1924-2006) was an author, critic, longtime Vanderbilt University professor, authority on Southern literature and one of the founding members of The Fellowship of Southern Writers. His wife, Jane Harrison Sullivan (1923-2022), taught English literature at Aquinas College. Merwin won the Aiken Taylor Award for Modern American Poetry in 1990; presume this copy inscribed at the annual celebration held in January. Fine in fine dust jacket with barest wear.
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 72202
- Title
- SELECTED POEMS; [Inscribed association copy]
- Author
- Merwin, W. S
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Bookseller catalogs
- ASSOCIATION COPY;
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