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The New Partisan Reader: 1945-1953
by (LOWELL, Robert, Elizabeth Hardwick, Lionel Trilling, Jean Stafford, Paul Bowles, Saul Bellow, Elizabeth Bishop, Karl Shapiro, R.P. Blackmur, Theodore Roethke, John Berryman, Conrad Aiken, Stephen Spender, James Baldwin, Allen Tate, E.E. Cummings, Albert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and World, 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. xi, 621pp. Gutter cracked before half-title, spine ends rubbed and bumped, very good in a near fine dust jacket with spine ends lightly worn. Featuring "The Quaker Graveyard in Natucket" by Robert Lowell and "New Year's Eve" by John Berryman. Much of the material in this anthology first appears here with contributions by Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Hardwick, Lionel Trilling, Jean Stafford, Paul Bowles, Saul Bellow, Elizabeth Bishop, Karl Shapiro, R.P. Blackmur, Theodore Roethke, John Berryman, Conrad Aiken, Stephen Spender, James Baldwin, Allen Tate, E.E. Cummings, Albert Camus, Mary McCarthy, W.H. Auden, and many others.
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- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 558980
- Title
- The New Partisan Reader: 1945-1953
- Author
- (LOWELL, Robert, Elizabeth Hardwick, Lionel Trilling, Jean Stafford, Paul Bowles, Saul Bellow, Elizabeth Bishop, Karl Shapiro, R.P. Blackmur, Theodore Roethke, John Berryman, Conrad Aiken, Stephen Spender, James Baldwin, Allen Tate, E.E. Cummings, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and World
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- AmerLit20thCent, Anthology, Poetry, ShortStories
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Gutter
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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