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THE OLD GLORY
by Lowell Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1965. First edition, first printing. With 3 photographs. 8vo, black cloth decorated and lettered on spine and upper cover in gilt, red, white and blue. In the publisher’s decorated dustjacket. xix, 194. A very fine copy in like dustjacket. THE OLD GLORY was Robert Lowell’s first dramatic work. It consist of a trilogy of three plays; ‘Benito Cereno”, “My Kinsman, Major Molineux “ and Endecott and the Red Cross”. Based on stories by Hawthorne and Melville, the three plays are tied together by the unifying symbol of the American flag. The three productions met with great critical review and each play is introduced with a black and white photograph from the productions. This was the first edition of the three works printed together and was revised and corrected by Lowell. There is also an introduction by noted theatrical director Jonathan Miller.
Robert Lowell (1917-1977) comes from a long line of important New England literary men, including James Russell Lowell and Robert T.S. Lowell. He was able to distinguish himself apart from his families however and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1946 and again in 1973.
Robert Lowell (1917-1977) comes from a long line of important New England literary men, including James Russell Lowell and Robert T.S. Lowell. He was able to distinguish himself apart from his families however and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1946 and again in 1973.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12269
- Title
- THE OLD GLORY
- Author
- Lowell Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
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About the Seller
Buddenbrooks, Inc.
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Newburyport, Massachusetts
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