MIDLAND -- Twenty-five Years of Fiction and Poetry, Selected from the Writing Workshops of the State University of Iowa
by Engle, Paul ; Henry Coulette ; Donald Justice
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1961. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. xxxvii, 600 pages; Contents clean and secure in original binding of textured white cloth with orange and black lettering in original illustrated dust jacket (not clipped); jacket toned at spine and top edge of front panel. Review materials laid-in from LA Times, etc. This landmark anthology from the Iowa Writers Workshops includes works by Flannery O'Connor, Richard Power, Jean Stafford, Wallace Stegner, Anthony Hecht, Donald Justice, Philip Levine, W.D. Snodgrass, Mona Van Duyn, Tennessee Williams, Philip Levine, William Stafford, and an early work by Martha Grimes. .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44692
- Title
- MIDLAND -- Twenty-five Years of Fiction and Poetry, Selected from the Writing Workshops of the State University of Iowa
- Author
- Engle, Paul ; Henry Coulette ; Donald Justice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Iowa Writers Workshops, Literary Anthologies, Short Stories, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First Editions;
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Antiquarian Book Shop
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Washington, District of Columbia
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At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
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