Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters: The First Fifty Years, 1912-1962; Edited and compiled by Joseph Parisi and Stephen Young; Introductions and Commentary by Joseph Parisi; Foreword by Billy Collins
by Parisi, Joseph; Young, Stephen, editors and compilers
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393050920
- ISBN 13
- 9780393050929
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Co, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. xix, [3], 473 p.: illustrations; 24 cm. Brown and beige cover with gilt-stamped spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. Contains over 600 letters to and from the editors of the magazine Poetry from its founding in 1912 through 1962. The founder and earliest editor was poet and literary critic Harriet Monroe (1860-1936). A fascinating collection of letters offering a view of the development of 20th-century poetry. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and bright. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine Condition: edges lightly rubbed; clean and bright.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
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- Title
- Dear Editor: A History of Poetry in Letters: The First Fifty Years, 1912-1962; Edited and compiled by Joseph Parisi and Stephen Young; Introductions and Commentary by Joseph Parisi; Foreword by Billy Collins
- Author
- Parisi, Joseph; Young, Stephen, editors and compilers
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0393050920
- ISBN 13
- 9780393050929
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Biography & Autobiography;
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