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WORK, FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING
by Carter, Jared
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 002522090X
- ISBN 13
- 9780025220904
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1981. First edition. Brown cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 47 pp. Advance Review Copy with publisher's printed letter laid in. Inscribed by the author to the late Philly poet/editor Louis Mckee. The 1980 Walt Whitman Award winner, for a first book; chosen by Galway Kinnell. In this book Carter introduces his Mississinewa County, a place in the heartland, with its people and history he has returned to in subsequent books. He works primarily in a formal and narrative mode; his work has been praised by Dana Gioia and Ted Kooser. Near fine in lightly soiled and worn near fine dust jacket. Signed by the poet.
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Details
- Seller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 65419
- Title
- WORK, FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING
- Author
- Carter, Jared
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 002522090X
- ISBN 13
- 9780025220904
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- 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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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- First Edition
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