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Selected Poems (Inscribed with Original Poem)
by SEXTON, Anne
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in black cloth boards, in near fine price-clipped jacket. A powerful, if anonymous, association copy, testifying to Se
- Seller
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East Hampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Oxford University Press, 1964. Near fine in black cloth boards, in near fine price-clipped jacket. A powerful, if anonymous, association copy, testifying to Sexton's most challenging themes.. First Edition. Octavo. A selection of poems from Sexton, from her first two collections; without American equivalent. This copy graciously INSCRIBED by Sexton to front endpaper, in the year of her Pulitzer Prize victory for Live or Die. Quite remarkably, Sexton has further inscribed a poetic addendum within the margins of the first page of The Double Image, a poem written to her four year old daughter Joyce, after whose birth Sexton's struggles with mental illness intensified. "A nervous breakdown-my own suicide-/ the loss of my daughter, Joy- / the portraits of my mother & myself- / the death of my mother, the return of Joy, / my daughter- / to carry in my heart.
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- Bookseller
- Harper's Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29272
- Title
- Selected Poems (Inscribed with Original Poem)
- Author
- SEXTON, Anne
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in black cloth boards, in near fine price-clipped jacket. A powerful, if anonymous, association copy, testifying to Se
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 1964
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- Literature;
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About the Seller
Harper's Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2009
East Hampton, New York
About Harper's Books, Inc.
Harper's Books, founded in 1997, is a bookshop and photography gallery located in East Hampton, New York. We are one of the world's leading dealers in photographic literature, with particular emphasis placed on association copies and landmark books presented in exceptional condition. In addition to our book business, we maintain a gallery space where photographs are exhibited in concert with books. Harper's Books is a member of the ABAA, and the only American rare book dealer chosen to exhibit yearly at Paris Photo.
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- Jacket
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- Association Copy
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