A Sort of Ecstasy. Poems: New and Selected
by SMITH, A.J.M. [Arthur James Marshall]
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- first
- Condition
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
East Lansing / Toronto: Michigan State College Press / Ryerson Press, 1954. First Edition. First printing. Cloth-backed patterned boards; 55pp. Mild toning to board edges, else a tight, attractive copy in the original dustwrapper, toned at margins and spine panel with a shallow chip to upper rear panel (away from printed area), Very Good.
Second regularly-published collection by the prominent Canadian modernist, a key member of the Montreal Group and winner of the 1943 Governor General's Award for his first book, News of the Phoenix.
Second regularly-published collection by the prominent Canadian modernist, a key member of the Montreal Group and winner of the 1943 Governor General's Award for his first book, News of the Phoenix.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51507
- Title
- A Sort of Ecstasy. Poems: New and Selected
- Author
- SMITH, A.J.M. [Arthur James Marshall]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Michigan State College Press / Ryerson Press
- Place of Publication
- East Lansing / Toronto
- Date Published
- 1954
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; Canada;
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- First Edition
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