New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First edition. Signed and dated by the author on the half title. Hardcover in marble paper covered boards with green cloth spine. Lettered and decorated in gilt and white. 238 pp. Index of titles and of first lines. Doren, a winner of the pulitzer prize, is a lyric poet who deals with universal concerns of birth, life, and death and selected these poems for publication himself. Fine in near fine dust jacket with slight toning to spine.

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Bookseller: The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: E15082B
Title: Selected Poems (FIRST EDITION SIGNED)
Author: Mark Van Doren
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: near fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: poems, poetry, mark van doren, poet, literature, pulitzer, lyrical, birth, life, death, english, language,

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The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).

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