New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982. First Edition. First printing. Quarto (28cm); black publisher's cloth-backed blue paper boards, spine stamped in gilt, in yellow pictorial dustwrapper; 183pp. Some soiling, chips and short tears to dustwrapper; top extremities rolled; interiors clean and sound; sales slip laid-in (dated 1983). Fine in Very Good or better dustwrapper.

Author David Morice reimagines a selection of classic poems in a variety of engaging comic book styles, to illustrate, illuminate, and distort. Includes poems by Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Keats, Browning, Coleridge, Ginsberg, and more.

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Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
Seller's Inventory #: 46532
Title: Poetry Comics: A Cartooniverse of Poems
Author: MORICE, David
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1982
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Poetry; Illustrators;

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