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Nine Horses: Poems
by Billy Collins
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375503811
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503818
- Seller
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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Random House, 2002. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 121 pages. Collection of poems published while the author was Poet Laureate of the United States. 8vo, charcoal gray and light gray paper over boards, red lettering on spine, scant wear, foxing to top edge, stain on front end papers, in unclipped dust jacket with very minor wear. Pages bright and unmarked.
Synopsis
Nine Horses, Billy Collins's first book of new poems since Picnic, Lightning in 1998, is the latest curve in the phenomenal trajectory of this poet's career. Already in his forties when he debuted with a full-length book, The Apple That Astonished Paris, Collins has become the first poet since Robert Frost to combine high critical acclaim with broad popular appeal. And, as if to crown this success, he was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States for 2001--2002, and reappointed for 2002--2003. What accounts for this remarkable achievement is the poems themselves, quiet meditations grounded in everyday life that ascend effortlessly into eye-opening imaginative realms. These new poems, in which Collins continues his delicate negotiations between the clear and the mysterious, the comic and the elegiac, are sure to sustain and increase his audience of avid readers.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Berthoff Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WBB-1256
- Title
- Nine Horses: Poems
- Author
- Billy Collins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375503811
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503818
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- POETRY, POET LAUREATE
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature; Poetry; Billy Collins;
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