HERMETIC DEFINITION.
by (Doolittle, Hilda) H. D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear.) Rather uncommon in hardcover./near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0856350362
- ISBN 13
- 9780856350368
- Seller
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About This Item
London:: Carcanet Press,, 1972.. Hardcover first edition -. Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear.) Rather uncommon in hardcover.. First UK printing. Includes the title poem, which is a cycle of three long sequences, and 'Sagesse' and 'Winter Love' (a coda to 'Helen in Egypt.') These are among H.D.'s final poetic works, which she worked on from 1957 (after she had broken her hip) until her death in 1961. First published in 1971 in a pirated edition (Frontier Press) by Harvery Brown, this is the first UK printing of the authorrized edition with a foreword by Norman Holmes Pearson. 117 pp.
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- Title
- HERMETIC DEFINITION.
- Author
- (Doolittle, Hilda) H. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in near fine dust jacket (short closed tear.) Rather uncommon in hardcover.
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0856350362
- ISBN 13
- 9780856350368
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1972.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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