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THE BACK CHAMBER
by Hall, Donald
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0547645856
- ISBN 13
- 9780547645858
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011. first edition. hardcover. Good/Fine. Octavo, 82 pages. First edition with number line to "1". A nice copy Except that a previous owner has circled in ink some of the page numbers in the Contents. No other marks in the book. Dust jacket is in fine condition. 071202B
Synopsis
The first full-length volume of poems in a decade by the former poet laureate of the United States In The Back Chamber , Donald Hall illuminates the evocative, iconic objects of deep memory—a cowbell, a white stone perfectly round, a three-legged milking stool—that serve to foreground the rich meditations on time and mortality that run through his remarkable new collection. While Hall’s devoted readers will recognize many of his long-standing preoccupations—baseball, the family farm, love, sex, and friendship—what will strike them as new is the fierce, pitiless poignancy he reveals as his own life’s end comes into view. The Back Chamber is far from being death-haunted, but rather is lively, irreverent, erotic, hilarious, ironic, and sly—full of the life-affirming energy that has made Donald Hall one of America’s most popular and enduring poets.
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000018186
- Title
- THE BACK CHAMBER
- Author
- Hall, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- ISBN 10
- 0547645856
- ISBN 13
- 9780547645858
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Date Published
- 2011
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Alkahest Books
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Fine
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- Jacket
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