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This Blessed Earth
by [Ima Herron] [Jay B. Hubbell] Wheelock, John Hall
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- ISBN 10
- 0684157276
- ISBN 13
- 9780684157276
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New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1978. First edition. 8vo, 64pp. Beige and black cloth boards in jacket. Laid in are an offprint, "A Major American Poet: John Hall Wheelock," by Jay B. Hubbell, inscribed to Ima H. Herron and a TLS also from Hubbell to Herron, both with original mailing envelopes. James Dickey's review of This Blessed Earth, inscribed by Hubbell to Herron attached to front pastedown else fine and clean internally. Jacket spine sunned else minimal wear.
Intriguing copy of this posthumous collection from New York poet, John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978). From the library of Ima Honaker Herron (1899-1997), important literary critic from Texas, and the first woman to gain professorship at Southern Methodist University in 1927. Herron studied under American literature scholar and SMU professor, Jay B. Hubbell (1885-1979). Hubbell championed the work of Wheelock and wrote articles on the poet including the one offered here, which is from the South Atlantic Quarterly, Spring 1973. He is also the dedicatee of this volume.
Intriguing copy of this posthumous collection from New York poet, John Hall Wheelock (1886-1978). From the library of Ima Honaker Herron (1899-1997), important literary critic from Texas, and the first woman to gain professorship at Southern Methodist University in 1927. Herron studied under American literature scholar and SMU professor, Jay B. Hubbell (1885-1979). Hubbell championed the work of Wheelock and wrote articles on the poet including the one offered here, which is from the South Atlantic Quarterly, Spring 1973. He is also the dedicatee of this volume.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6048
- Title
- This Blessed Earth
- Author
- [Ima Herron] [Jay B. Hubbell] Wheelock, John Hall
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, 64pp. Beige and black cloth boards in jacket. Laid in are an offprint, "A Major American Poet: John Hall Wheelock," by Jay
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0684157276
- ISBN 13
- 9780684157276
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
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