Wake Island (a Poem) by Rukeyser, Muriel - 1942

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1942. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 12mo 7" - 7. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of burgundy softpaper wraps, less to text-block, but with neither underlining nor highlighting. Perfectly readable, usable copy. 16 pp., printed title to front wrap. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound. Stated First Edition. This was another of Muriel Rukeyser's justly acclaimed works of poetry. Muriel Rukeyser (December 15, 1913 – February 12, 1980), according to her Wikipedia entry, "was an American poet, essayist, biographer, and political activist. She wrote poems about equality, feminism, social justice, and Judaism. Kenneth Rexroth said that she was the greatest poet of her 'exact generation.'" Her collection, The Book of the Dead (1938) was an homage to all of the miners who lost their lives to silicosis in an industrial disaster.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical… Read More

New York: New York: Doubleday, Doran And Co. , 1942. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket, as Issued. 16 Pp. Rose-Brown Wrappers.First Edition. Poetry. Second Issue (The First Issue, In Boards, Was Suppressed Because The Banal Cover Illustration Was Unacceptable To The Author). Fine, No Wear Or Marks Or Fading. This Was Apparently The First Book Of American Poetry Published About World War Ii.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Co., 1942. first edition as stated. Paperback. Very good. 5 x 7 in. Red paper wraps. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers have a few very faint spots, mild wear to edges. Binding tight. Text unmarked, pg. 1 of the poem has some toning by the hinge. Poet. Stax.

NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1942. 1st printing (Stated 1st); in tan/rust wraps, lite chipping, 16 clean, unmarked pages... One of the first statements about WW II, by a major literary figure, as Wake Island was bombed simultaneously with Pearl Harbor on 12-7-41.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 12 vo.

Doubleday, Doran and Co, 1942. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 16pp. Printed stiff wrappers, Light shelfwear, else a Near Fine copy. The first major poem writteen after the sucessful battle at Wake Island.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1942. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 16. Bound in rose wraps printed in black (some rubbed and nicked), a very good copy. An early book of American poetry about WWII.

1 . hardback. Fine. A Poem. 1st ed. NY (Doubleday Doran) 1942. Stiff wraps. Fine.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran and Co. Inc. 1942 1st Edition. 16 pages. Light burgundy card covers with black titles on front cover. Previous owner's name in pencil on ffep. VG+ to FINE.. Softcover. Very Good+.

Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1942. First Edition. Wraps. Fine. Printed rose wraps, the second and much more common binding. This is an Advance Copy with a letter from the publisher dated 7 August 1942 announcing the publication of this volume and presenting it to the recipient. In part: "In WAKE ISLAND may be found the hopes and aspirations of a militant youth who fight to make men free." An early if not the first book of American poetry published whose primary subject matter is World War II. Wake Island, attacked on the same day as Pearl Harbor, was the site of the first Japanese defeat of the war, though Japan would take the island later that month.

1 . Hardcover. Fine. A Poem. 1st ed. NY (Doubleday Doran) 1942. Pictorial paper boards, slightly rubbed at corners else about fine.