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The Old Life
by Hall, Donald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395788412
- ISBN 13
- 9780395788417
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin Co., 1996. 1st edition. Signed and inscribed by Donald Hall "for new life." Autobiographical poetry by Hall (1928-2018), acclaimed former Poet Laureate of the United States. 134 pp. 8vo hardcover in dust jacket. Small marks to bottom page edge, light spotting to top edge, but VG/VG otherwise. Some rubbing to the unclipped DJ but no tears or other flaws.
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
- Lux Libri
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047304
- Title
- The Old Life
- Author
- Hall, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0395788412
- ISBN 13
- 9780395788417
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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Lux Libri
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Elizabethtown, New York
About Lux Libri
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
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- VG/VG
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
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