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New York. Henry Holt and Company. 1916. 12mo, 19cm, xi,[1],183,[1]&[2]p., publisher's ads.), The First Edition, First Issue, indicated by date (3'16) on publisher's ads., dark green publisher's cloth, gilt titles on the spine and cover, bookplate, a very good to fine (ltds). ~ With bookplate of E. Barton Hills, who is also mentioned in the Stark bookplate collection at the University of New Hampshire. ~ Publisher's notes (The New Poetry) "In his ability to concentrate a whole story or picture or character within the compass of a few lines, Mr. Sandburg's work compares favorably with the best achievements of the recent successful American poets. It is, however, distinguished by its trenchant note of social criticism and by its vision for a better social order.
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41298
- Title
- Chicago Poems
- Author
- SANDBURG, Carl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New York. Henry Holt and Company. 1916
- Keywords
- united states, us, american literature, poems, poetry, carl sandburg, chicago poems, first edition, first issue
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Publisher's cloth
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- 12mo
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- Spine
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