H.D.: The Life and Work of an American Poet
by Robinson, Janice S
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good +
- ISBN 10
- 0395318556
- ISBN 13
- 9780395318553
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1982. Hardcover. Fine/very good +. xxii, 490 p., 16 unpaginated pages of illustration; 24 cm. Light brown cloth with gilt-stamped spine title; "H.D." gilt-stamped on front board. Illustrated dust jacket designed by G.G. Laurens. First edition. American poet Hilda Doolittle (1886-1961), known as H.D., moved to London in 1911 and became one of the avant-garde poets known as the Imagists. She was a prolific writer of both poetry and prose throughout her life. This biography includes previously unpublished material by H.D. and previously unpublished letters by Ezra Pound. Book is in Fine Condition. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; clean and intact.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- H.D.: The Life and Work of an American Poet
- Author
- Robinson, Janice S
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0395318556
- ISBN 13
- 9780395318553
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women Writers;
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