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MOMENTS
by Hague, Michael; Cummings, E. E.; Dickinson, Emily; Frost, Robert; Hughes, Langston; Updike, John; Hopkins, Lee Bennett
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980. First edition. Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.. Inscribed first printing of this collection of poems old and new about the four seasons, with charming illustrations by Michael Hague. Michael Hague's detailed style is very much in the aesthetic tradition of Golden Age artists like Howard Pyle and Arthur Rackham. His illustrations for collections of classic stories make his art a touchstone of many childhoods, and a visual delight for all readers. 9'' x 6.25''. Original blue boards. Original unclipped ($7.95) color pictorial dust jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 64 pages. Inscribed by Hopkins to front flyleaf, "For Kirk - Find your MOMENTS - / best, / Lee" dated May 11, 1981. Additionally signed by Hopkins to title page. Non-authorial ink gift inscription referencing having the book signed for recipient on half title. Jacket with mild edgewear, a bit of bumping to corners and spine ends, tiny hole to rear joint; light dampstaining to lower edge of verso. Binding with mild dampstain to front lower edge. Interior clean.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46974
- Title
- MOMENTS
- Author
- Hague, Michael; Cummings, E. E.; Dickinson, Emily; Frost, Robert; Hughes, Langston; Updike, John; Hopkins, Lee Bennett
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good plus in very good plus dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1980
- Keywords
- 20th century,Post-WWII,1980s,US American,Poetry
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About the Seller
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