Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Paper spine label wrinkled, spine a bit sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper. Red cloth with paper spine label. A thick volume with over 700 pages, the red cloth is considered the second issue, but it's possible that this is a contributor's copy as it belonged to the poet Weldon Kees and is SIGNED by him on the front endpaper and dated Denver 1942. Kees has four poems in the book which predates his first book, THE LAST MAN (1943). Other contributors include John Berryman, Ezra Pound, Delmore Schwartz, etc.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020886
Title: NEW DIRECTIONS IN PROSE & POETRY 1941
Author: (KEES, Weldon) LAUGHLIN, James (editor)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Paper spine label wrinkled, spine a bit sunned. Very Good, lacking the dustwrapper
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: New Directions
Place of Publication: Norfolk, CT
Date Published: 1941
Keywords: Signed, Modern Firsts, Modern Poetry, Weldon Kees, Modern First Editions, Association Copy, First Book
Bookseller catalogs: First Book;

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