Penguin Modern Poets 24
by Kenward Elmslie, Kenneth Koch and James Schuyler
- Used
- Condition
- Very good, upper cover moisture rippling to fore edge and first few leaves, soiling to textblock edges, spine lightly creased.
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
Hardomondsworth, England: Penguin Books, 1973. Perfect-bound, octavo, green paper wraps, 215 pp. Very good, upper cover moisture rippling to fore edge and first few leaves, soiling to textblock edges, spine lightly creased.. From the collections of New York School poet, publisher and librettist, Kenward Elmslie. Elmslie's
proof copy, with his name penned on front cover, of the 24th installment in the Penguin Modern Poets series, as guest edited by John Ashbery.
proof copy, with his name penned on front cover, of the 24th installment in the Penguin Modern Poets series, as guest edited by John Ashbery.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2276
- Title
- Penguin Modern Poets 24
- Author
- Kenward Elmslie, Kenneth Koch and James Schuyler
- Format/Binding
- Perfect-bound, octavo, green paper wraps, 215 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, upper cover moisture rippling to fore edge and first few leaves, soiling to textblock edges, spine lightly creased.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- Hardomondsworth, England
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Kenward Elmslie, James Schuyler, Kenneth Koch
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