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THINGS OF THIS WORLD
by Wilbur, Richard
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0151795800
- ISBN 13
- 9780151795802
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace, 1956. First Edition. Pale blue-green cloth in dust jacket; small 8vo. 50 pp. Inscribed by the poet to Arthur Cowan and signed and dated in the year of publication. The poet's third collection, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. Includes arguably Wilbur's most famous poem: "Love Calls Us to the Things of This World". A bit soiled else very good copy in an edgeworn very good (not price-clipped) dust jacket with the NBA winner sticker (in removable protective archival jacket).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66047
- Title
- THINGS OF THIS WORLD
- Author
- Wilbur, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0151795800
- ISBN 13
- 9780151795802
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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