The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems
by WILBUR, Richard
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- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1954]. Second printing. Small octavo (21cm). Blue cloth-covered boards; dustjacket; 55pp. Touch of wear and sunning to spine ends, else Near Fine in a a price-clipped, slightly edge-rubbed dustwrapper, Very Good. A generic bookplate, hand-signed by Wilbur, has been loosely laid-in at the title page.
Wilbur's important first book, first published by Reynal & Hitchcock in 1947 in an edition of 750 copies. This is the first reprinting (1000 copies), undated but August, 1954, following Harcourt's purchase of Reynal & Hitchcock. FIELD A.1.[1.2].
Wilbur's important first book, first published by Reynal & Hitchcock in 1947 in an edition of 750 copies. This is the first reprinting (1000 copies), undated but August, 1954, following Harcourt's purchase of Reynal & Hitchcock. FIELD A.1.[1.2].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55841
- Title
- The Beautiful Changes and Other Poems
- Author
- WILBUR, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1954]
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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