THE OLD LIFE
by Hall, Donald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1996. First Edition. Hardcover in dust jackets. This book is hard-bound in maroon paper covered boards, with a gilt stamped, maroon cloth spine, in a very nice dust jacket with light edge-wear. The covers show light rubbing to the corners and spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean. This book is inscribed by the author on the title-page, "With Pleasure, Wilmont, N. H." to the collector. From the collection of Cuthbert Christian Thambimuttu (1945-2019) of Columbus, Ohio.; Signed by Author .
Synopsis
For nearly forty years, Donald Hall has stood in the front rank of American poets. The title poem, an autobiographical sequence, takes Hall from his boyhood to his growing acquaintance with poets--seniors like Robert Frost and contemporaries like Robert Bly. It sees him growing into manhood, fatherhood, grandfatherhood, and a happy second marriage. When his life inevitably moves into vicissitude, even tragedy, he will tell the dreadful truth about himself and the challenges of his time on earth.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hoffman Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76472
- Title
- THE OLD LIFE
- Author
- Hall, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in dust jackets
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA.
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Donald Hall, Inscribed
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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