Harcourt Brace and Company, 1960. First American edition. 8vo. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine and leaf motif on recto pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket has some bumping to head and foot of spine, small crease at bottom of front corner with light bumping. A very good copy. First American edition. 8vo. Inscribed to linguist Roman Jakobson. Richards, one of the main voices of the New Critics, engaged with Jakobson's work throughout his career, particularly in writing So Much Nearer: Essays Toward a World English (1968). Roman Jakobson was an important linguist, one of the founders of Russian formalism, and a significant literary critic in his own right. An important association of two of the giants of twentieth century criticism.

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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 325012
Title: The Screens and Other Poems
Author: Richards, I.A
Format/Binding: 8vo
Book Condition: Used - Black cloth boards with gilt lettering along spine and leaf motif on recto pages are bright and clean. Dust jacket has some bump
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First American edition
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company
Date Published: 1960
Keywords: Poetry
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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