After Our War
by Balaban, John
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1974. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. 84 pp., small 8vo. Author's first trade book, the simultaneous issue in wrappers. Winner of the Lamont Poetry Award for 1974. Poems of the Vietnam War and after, including translations of Vietnamese folk lyrics. (Balaban went on to publish further translations from the Vietnamese.) Warmly inscribed to a close associate, with signature and carved Chinese stamp. Fading to spine, otherwise a very good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Passages Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003296
- Title
- After Our War
- Author
- Balaban, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- vietnam war
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Passages Bookshop
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Portland, Oregon
About Passages Bookshop
Passages Bookshop stocks fine, rare, and unusual books and graphic art, with a concentration on modern and contemporary literature and art (particularly poetry and the avant-garde), artist's books, fine printing, and the book arts. The successor to New York City's Bridge Bookshop (late 1980s), Passages opened in Albuquerque in 1994 and relocated to Portland, Oregon, in 1997. Recently settled into our new location in NW Portland, we are open by appointment or chance. Proprietor: David Abel, info@passagesbookshop.com
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- Inscribed
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