The Soldier: a Poem ["Poets of the Year Series no.39]
by AIKEN, Conrad
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1944. First Edition. First printing. Wrappered issue. Inscribed by Aiken on half-title, to Gordon Cairnie, dated 1944. Octavo; plain card wrappers in printed paper jacket; 32pp. A fine copy in the original printed dustwrapper, unclipped (priced 50 cents at base of front flap), very Near Fine.
Cairnie (1895-1973) was a legendary bookseller, a co-founder of the Grolier Poetry Bookshop in Cambridge and friend to many of the major American poets of the 20th century including Pound, Eliot, Ginsberg, Robert Lowell and others.
Cairnie (1895-1973) was a legendary bookseller, a co-founder of the Grolier Poetry Bookshop in Cambridge and friend to many of the major American poets of the 20th century including Pound, Eliot, Ginsberg, Robert Lowell and others.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 81073
- Title
- The Soldier: a Poem ["Poets of the Year Series no.39]
- Author
- AIKEN, Conrad
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, CT
- Date Published
- 1944
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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