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Six Book Lot of Twentieth Century Poetry

Currency:USD Category:Books / Antiquarian & Collectible Start Price:19.00 USD Estimated At:75.00 - 100.00 USD
Six Book Lot of Twentieth Century Poetry
<B>Six Book Lot of Twentieth Century Poetry,</B></I> including:<BR><B>Dorothy Parker: <I>The Viking Portable Library Dorothy Parker</B></I></B></I> (New York, The Viking Press, 1944), 544 pages, peach cloth with brown lettering on the spine and front board, 16mo (4.25" x 6.75"), no dust jacket. Spine sunned and light soiling to boards, else very good condition.<BR><B>Gwen Frostic: <I>A Place on Earth</B></I></B></I> (np, nd), unpaginated, gray cloth boards shelf backed in turquoise cloth with brown and blue titles on the front boards as well as an illustration of a dragonfly, 8vo (6.25" x 9.25"), no dust jacket. Profusely illustrated throughout on rough-cut fine paper. Very good condition.<BR><B>Winston O. Abbott: Signed <I>Come Climb My Hill</B></I></B></I> (South Windsor, Connecticut: Inspiration House, 1973), revised fifth printing, unpaginated, light green cloth with dark green lettering and illustration on the spine and front board, dust jacket. Illustrated by Bette Eaton Bossen. Signed by both the author and illustrator on the title page. Very good condition.<BR><B>Clarence Hawkes: Signed <I>Holiday Hopes</B></I></B></I> (Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1939), 95 pages, red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine and front board, 8vo (5.75" x 8.25"), dust jacket. Signed "<I>Clarence Hawkes</B></I>" below a lengthy inscription on the front free endpaper. Dust jacket has noticeable tape repair on the front panel and chipping at the spine head and tail, else very good.<BR><B>Robert Francis: Signed <I>The Orb Weaver</B></I></B></I> (Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1960), first edition, 63 pages, gray cloth with black and violet lettering on the spine, 8vo (6.25" x 8.25"), dust jacket. Signed "<I>Robert Francis</B></I>" on the title page. Very good condition.<BR><B>Robert Francis: Signed <I>Like Ghosts of Eagles</B></I></B></I> (Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, 1974), 68 pages, pictorial wrappers with black titles, 8vo (6" x 8"). Drawings by Jack Coughlin. Signed "<I>Robert Francis</B></I>" on the half-title page. Very good condition.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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