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The Green Wall
by Wright, James
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Yale University Press, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. A Superb Association copy, inscribed by Wright to fellow poet William Matchett (who was on the faculty of the UW English Dept. when Wright was there doing his graduate work 1954-57): For Judy & Bill / with love & gratitude from / Annie & Jim Wright (ca. 1970); additionally laid in loose is 5 typed pages of poems (ca. 1955), also inscribed in pencil: Dear Bill, Sorry I was late with these (signed) Jim Wright, and signed on another page in pen Jim Wright. The poems include: A Complaint For George Doty In The Death House (included in The Green Wall); Morning Under A Tree; My Friend The Milkman Explains The Variety Of Love In A Tavern (unpublished?); The Presentation Of Two Birds To My Son (Poetry Mag. Vol. 85, No. 1, January 1955); The Shade Of Andrew Marvel Appears To His Housekeeper... (Hudson Review, Autumn 1955). Winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets award, 1957 (selected by Auden); Volume 53 of the Yale Series of Younger Poets; and Finalist, National Book Awards 1958 for Poetry; also the poets first book. xix + 93pp. Off-white patterned paper over boards with titles and devices stamped in gilt over brown on spine. A Fine copy in a Near Fine jacket that has a touch of light wear.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 619766
- Title
- The Green Wall
- Author
- Wright, James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- KATH23, , , , , , , ,
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Seattle, Washington
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