New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1954]. Second printing. Small octavo (21cm). Blue cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; 55pp. Touch of wear and sunning to spine ends, else Near Fine in a a price-clipped, slightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper, Very Good. A generic bookplate, hand-signed by Wilbur, has been loosely laid-in at the title page.

Wilbur's important first book, first published by Reynal & Hitchcock in 1947 in an edition of 750 copies. This is the first reprinting (1000 copies), undated but August, 1954, following Harcourt's purchase of Reynal & Hitchcock. FIELD A.1.[1.2].

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Bookseller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 55841
Title: The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems
Author: WILBUR, Richard
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: [1954]
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Poetry;

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