COLLECTED POEMS: NIGHTMARES AND VISIONS ..
by Tierney, Richard L
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy. Uncommon signed or inscribed. (22799)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[Sauk City, Wisconsin]: Arkham House, 1981. First edition. A fine copy. Uncommon signed or inscribed. (22799). Octavo, printed stiff wrappers. Inscribed presentation copy signed by Tierney to Dick (Richard) Fawcett, founder of the August Derleth Society, dated in the year of publication. P1030 copies printed. This collection of 67 poems "...established Tierney (b. 1936) as one of the leading weird poets of his his generation. [It] contains a variety of poems (many of them sonnets) displaying Tierney's absorption of the work of H. P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, and others; some of the poems feature the misanthropic bitterness of Ambrose Bierce." - Joshi, Arkham 154. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 8-43.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22799
- Title
- COLLECTED POEMS: NIGHTMARES AND VISIONS ..
- Author
- Tierney, Richard L
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy. Uncommon signed or inscribed. (22799)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- [Sauk City, Wisconsin]
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Poetry . Signed
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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