"A"-24
by Zukofsky, Louis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0670100242
- ISBN 13
- 9780670100248
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grossman Publishers, 1972 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Large Octavo. Large 8vo. (10) 242 (2) pp. First Edition, 1972. Not Price Clipped. Only the slightest wear dj, else, Pristine, no wear. No markings, tight binding, clean, white and bright. 6.5" x 9.5". Blue cloth with green title plate and blue and white lettering to spine. In acetate protector. "Louis Zukofsky (1904-1978) is perhaps best-known for "A", a monumental poem in 24 parts, and for inventing the term "objectivists" to describe himself and a loose-knit group of avant-garde poets. By Zukofsky's definition, objectivist poets were distinguished by their focus on "sincerity" and "objectification," or treating the poem as an object..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005931
- Title
- "A"-24
- Author
- Zukofsky, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0670100242
- ISBN 13
- 9780670100248
- Publisher
- Grossman Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- POETRY MODERN AMERICAN POETS AVANT-GARDE OBJECTIVISTS
- Size
- Large Octavo
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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