Next Door to a Poet
by Brown, Rollo Walter (1880-1956)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York : D. Appleton-Century, 1937. Book. Illus. by portrait of Edwin Arlington Robinson, the poet. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The poet next door was Edwin A. Robinson , of considerable fame at this time. And next door was Summers at the MacDowell artistic Colony in New Hampshire. A charming memoir of a friendship, the author being a popular lecturer in literature at Harvard. Original dark ble cloth with bright gilt titles on the front and the unfaded spine. No edgewear. Inside, very clean and tight, with no browning or stains, and no prior owner marks. .
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079714
- Title
- Next Door to a Poet
- Author
- Brown, Rollo Walter (1880-1956)
- Illustrator
- portrait of Edwin Arlington Robinson, the poet
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- D. Appleton-Century
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- poetry, Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont
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