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To the Loud Wind and Other Poems [Signed]
by HALL, Donald
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- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine-
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard Advocate, 1955. First Edition. Stiff Wrappers. Fine/Fine-. First Printing of the poet's first commercial collection published in the United States. 8vo: [4],26pp. Cream stiff wrappers, light blue dust jacket printed in black and priced 65¢. Signed by the poet on the title page. Fine in about Fine jacket, sunned at the edges. Kelleher A5. Published as the inaugural volume in the Pegasus Publication Series (Spring 1955). Hall is "considered one of the major American poets of his generation. His poetry explores the longing for a more bucolic past and reflects the poet's abiding reverence for nature. . . . Often compared favorably with such writers as James Dickey, Robert Bly, and James Wright, Hall uses simple, direct language to evoke surrealistic imagery." (Poetry Foundation) N. B. With few exceptions (always identified), we only stock books in exceptional condition, with dust jackets carefully preserved in archival, removable polypropylene sleeves. All orders are packaged with care and posted promptly. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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- Bookseller
- Fine Editions Ltd
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BB1528
- Title
- To the Loud Wind and Other Poems [Signed]
- Author
- HALL, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Stiff Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harvard Advocate
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- MODERN FIRSTS;
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