New York, New York, USA: St. Martin's Press, 2000. BU1 - A hard cover first edition book in very good+ condition with a dust jacket in very good condition. Stated first edition with a sequence of numbers appearing on the copyright page with the "1" present and no additional printings indicated. A tight, clean, sound copy in textured blue paper covered boards with silver lettering and a graphic on the spine with only very minor overall shelf wear. The dust jacket shows very minor overall shelf wear with some very light rubbing overall plus there is some very, very light edge wear along the top and bottom spine edges. The first novel by a noted American poet. A novel in which an influential poetry professor insists that the Yucca Mountain Project include an epic poem. In pursuit of this the reader is brought into an extended circle of minor poets who are continually upstaging, back-stabbing, and falling in and out of love with one another set against Chicago as a backdrop. 436p.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: Bookmarc's (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: SCW09595
Title: Making Love to the Minor Poets of Chicago
Author: Conrad, James
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0312204728
ISBN 13: 9780312204723
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Place of Publication: New York, New York, USA
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: Fiction Literary Literature Chicago Illinois Poetry Poem Poems Poetic Works Poet Poets
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction / Modern Fiction Firsts;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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