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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.
by Ashbery, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1975. First edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by John Ashbery on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket photograph by Michael Teague. Jacket design by Jacqueline Schuman. An exceptional example. In this collection of thirty-six poems, Ashbery reaffirms the extraordinary talents that warranted him the reputation as one of the most influential poets of his time and a central figure in the American Literary landscape. The New York Times described the poems as an "...evocation of a richly populated inner life that reveal a wholly original awareness of all the disguises that reality takes.
Synopsis
John Ashberry won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror . Ashberry reaffirms the poetic powers that have made him such an outstanding figure in contemporary literature. This new book continues his astonishing explorations of places where no one has ever been.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110844
- Title
- Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror.
- Author
- Ashbery, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- John Ashbery Signed First Edition, Pulitzer Prize Poetry, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror First Edition
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