Babel to Byzantium: Poets and Poetry Now
by Dickey, James (SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968. Stated First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In this book some sixty poets of our time are discussed by the 1966 two-year Poetry Consultant to The Library of Congress. 292 pp. plus: Index of Principal Poets Discussed. Blue cloth covered boards have gold and silver gilt text on spine. Top edge dyed yellow, rear board slightly bowed and spine ends rubbed. Unclipped ($5.95) DJ is Brodart protected but does have some light extremity edge wear. Book is from the collection of Toronto poet/author and frequent host of Harbourfront literary events, Greg Gatenby. His signature and the year of this book's acquisition top ffep. Association/Dedication copy: " -to Greg - this criticism ad bellum purificzandum - James Dickey" SIGNED by AUTHOR. Bookseller's Inventory # 122994.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002994
- Title
- Babel to Byzantium: Poets and Poetry Now
- Author
- Dickey, James (SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Printing 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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