COLLECTED POEMS: NIGHTMARES AND VISIONS ..
by Tierney, Richard L
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy. (18779)
- 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. (18779). Octavo, printed stiff wrappers. 1030 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 #
- 18779
- Title
- COLLECTED POEMS: NIGHTMARES AND VISIONS ..
- Author
- Tierney, Richard L
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy. (18779)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Arkham House
- Place of Publication
- [Sauk City, Wisconsin]
- Date Published
- 1981
- Keywords
- Poetry
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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