The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
by Stevens, Wallace
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Rochester, New York, United States
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A$30.35A$24.28
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. Book. Illus. by Frontispiece Portrait. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. First Collected Edition. Ex-library with typical markings. Wear, aging, rubbing to cloth covers. Bruising/cut to head of spine. Call numbers at spine bottom. Binding is firm. Stamp on top edge of text block. Library bookplate on front pastedown; limited markings to title pages; card pocket & slip on rear endpapers; otherwise interior is evenly toned, free of markings, with limited mild soiling in margins. No International or Priority shipping..
Synopsis
Wallace Stevens (1879 – 1955) is a Modernist poet. Some of his best known poems in this collection include "Anecdote of the Jar", "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock", "The Emperor of Ice-Cream", "The Idea of Order at Key West", "Sunday Morning", and "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1955
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- Seller
- Small World Books, LLC (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 086359
- Title
- The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens
- Author
- Stevens, Wallace
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece Portrait
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1954
- Size
- Large 8vo
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