Islands of the Blest and Other Poems (inscribed)
by Jacobs, Thornwell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
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Decatur, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Oglethorpe Univ. Press, 1928 1st ed. INSCRIBED on ffep by author to a fellow Georgia academic. 339pp. illus. burgundy cloth 8vo w/gilt titles & decoration: Good+/no dj [some discoloration & ripples near tail edges of some pp. near end of text from an antique dampstain; else a nice clean, complete & tight copy with bright gilt] Jacobs (1877-1956) was instrumental in reestablishing the defunct antebellum Oglethorpe University in Atlanta in 1915. He was also known as the "father of the modern time capsule" for the Crypt of Civilization sealed at Oglethope in 1940.
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- Bookseller
- Auldfarran Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22276
- Title
- Islands of the Blest and Other Poems (inscribed)
- Author
- Jacobs, Thornwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1928 1st ed.
- Publisher
- Oglethorpe Univ. Press
- Keywords
- AMERICAN POETRY SOUTH SOUTHERN SIGNED COLLECTIBLE COPY OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY ATLANTA GEORGIA GEORGIANA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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