The Mooring Of Starting Out: The First Five Books of Poetry
by John Ashbery
- Used
- near fine
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0880015276
- ISBN 13
- 9780880015271
- Seller
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Roseburg, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Black cloth hardcover boards with gilt lettering on spine. Text clean, binding tight, no condition issues.
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Most critics woud agree the John Ashbery is one of 2oth Century American poetry's first voices. Ashbery won nearly every major American award for poetry, including the Pulitizer prize, the National Book award, the Yale Younger Poet's Prize, and thers.
In this volume, the reader can trace his development through the first five books of his poetry collected here in one volume, from 1956 throigh 1972. The collection includes 'Some Trees', 'The Tenni Court Oath', 'Rivers and Mountains', 'The Double Dream of Spring' and 'Three Poems'.
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- Bookseller
- Bonnie Lane Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01-01-2024-02
- Title
- The Mooring Of Starting Out
- Author
- John Ashbery
- Format/Binding
- Tight, as new
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0880015276
- ISBN 13
- 9780880015271
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- Hopewell, Nj
- Date Published
- June 1, 1997
- Pages
- 389
- Size
- 9 1/4" x 6 1/16"
- Keywords
- Poetry, contemporary
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