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THE WOMAN AT THE WASHINGTON ZOO with a Complete MANUSCRIPT of His Poem "A War"
by JARRELL, Randall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Seller
-
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum, 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper. His fourth book. INSCRIBED on the verso of the front blank and SIGNED by the poet "To David Rogers/with all best wishes/from/Randall Jarrell." On the facing page Jarrell has also written out the complete short but powerful poem, "A War," first published in NATION in 1951 and not collected in a book until his SELECTED POEMS of 1955: "A War/There set out, slowly, for a Different World,/At four, on winter mornings, different legs .../You can't break eggs without making an omelette/--That's what they tell the eggs."
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020262
- Title
- THE WOMAN AT THE WASHINGTON ZOO with a Complete MANUSCRIPT of His Poem "A War"
- Author
- JARRELL, Randall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Signed, Inscribed, Manuscript, Randell Jarrell, Southern Literature, Modern Firsts, 20th Century American Literature, Modern Poetry, Modern First Editions, Anti-War Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Manuscript Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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