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THE SPECTRA HOAX

by Smith, William Jay

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Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.. 1961.. Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The dw is lightly rubbed with foxing to the folds. ix & 158 pp. B&W illustrations. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>The story of the highly successful hoax perpetrated by Witter Bynner and Arthur Davison Ficke, who invented the "Spectric" school of poets in reaction to what they saw as the absurdity of many recent "schools".

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
THE SPECTRA HOAX
Author
Smith, William Jay
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
Date Published
1961.
Keywords
LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; LITERARY HOAX; HOAX; SPECTRA; EMANUEL MORGAN; ANNE KNISH; WYTTER BYNNER; ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE; WILLIAM JAY SMITH; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Literature). (Literary Hoax). THE SPECTRA HOAX. Smith, William Jay.

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