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Knopf, 1923-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Signed and inscribed by Leonard Bacon. No jacket; mild shelfwear - but nothing severe. Bookplate.
ULUG BEG: An Epic Poem, Comic in Intention in VII Cantos. Being the HIstory of Origin, Progress, and Explosion of a Superstition. By Autolycus A Snapper-Up of Unconsidered Trifles by BACON, Leonard - 1923
by BACON, Leonard
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ULUG BEG: An Epic Poem, Comic in Intention in VII Cantos. Being the HIstory of Origin, Progress, and Explosion of a Superstition. By Autolycus A Snapper-Up of Unconsidered Trifles
by BACON, Leonard
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New York: Knopf, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Blue cloth, tan title label to spine, top page edge dyed red. SIGNED and with an original poem in the author's hand. Moderate handling wear, more prominent to rear. Last endpaper with crease marks, slight foxing to interior, more so at extremities.
Orignal poem in praise of Carmel, CA penned to front endpaper: "Wise men say, and I know well, / There is only one Carmel. / Romes and Londons are to burn. / From them in contempt I turn / Who perpetually seek / The undeniably unique. / Many roses, many trilliums, / Many Helens, many (?). / Only one of Mrs. Williams. / Leonard Bacon / January 8th 1924"
Orignal poem in praise of Carmel, CA penned to front endpaper: "Wise men say, and I know well, / There is only one Carmel. / Romes and Londons are to burn. / From them in contempt I turn / Who perpetually seek / The undeniably unique. / Many roses, many trilliums, / Many Helens, many (?). / Only one of Mrs. Williams. / Leonard Bacon / January 8th 1924"
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- Date Published 1923
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ULUG BEG: An Epic Poem, Comic in Intention in VII Cantos. Being the HIstory of Origin, Progress, and Explosion of a Superstition. By Autolycus A Snapper-Up of Unconsidered Trifles
by BACON, Leonard
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Ulug Beg: An Epic Poem, Comic in Intention in VII Cantos. Being the HIstory of Origin, Progress, and Explosion of a Superstition. By Autolycus A Snapper-Up of Unconsidered Trifles
by Leonard Bacon [Autolycus]
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by Leonard Bacon to Henry Seidel Canby, a critic, edition, and Yale professor. Boards are in fine condition. Spine label rubbed. Offsetting to eps. Foxing from front flyleaves up to Table of Contents page as well as final few pages, otherwise pages are clean. Leonard Bacon He won the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his satiric poems Sunderland Capture
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