Burning City
by [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] BENET, Stephen Vincent
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First, Limited Edition. One of 275 signed copies, signed by Benet on limitation page. Octavo (22cm.); full burgundy morocco; later custom cloth chemise and slipcase; 80pp; illus. Fine in original glassine; slipcase lightly sunned on spine, VG or better. Benet, always a "people's poet," was at his most socially engaged in this collection published at the height of the Great Depression. Includes his stridently anti-Fascist long poem "Litany for Dictatorships," and the powerful suite of Depression poems beginning with "Metropolitan Nightmare" and ending with "1936.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8608
- Title
- Burning City
- Author
- [RADICAL & PROLETARIAN LITERATURE] BENET, Stephen Vincent
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First, Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- L&R2022
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; Great Depression;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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