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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good/Poor. 190, Vii Pp. Blue And White Cloth, Paper Spine Label. Stated First Edition. Pulitzer Prize For Poetry. This Is The 933 First, Not The 1935 Reprint. Book With Light Wear, But Foxing To Covers And Browning To Spine; Spine Label With Small Chip Removing Most Of "Nop" In "Knopf"; Small Gift Card Dated Christmas 1933 Attached To Front Free Endpaper; Newspaper Blurb About Hillyer Pasted To Second Front Free Endpaper; Long Newspaper Review By Ben Ray Redman Attached To Rear Free Endpaper; Small Gelber Lilienthal/San Francisco Book Store Label On Rear Pastedown; Foxing To Endpapers And To Edges Of Page Block. Scarce Dust Jacket Bright And Shiny, Unworn And Unfaded, But Three Vertical Folds (Almost Certainly Preserved By Being Folded Inside Book); Trimmed 1/4" (Clearly Apparent At Bottom Edge), And Rear Flap Entirely Lacking.

Knopf. Collectible - Good. Signed Copy Collectible - Good. Good dust jacket. 3rd printing. Inscribed by author on front endpage. (poetry)

New York: Knopf, 1935. First Edition. Signed presentation copy inscribed by the author, Robert Hillyer. Inscribed: “To Lindley and Mac Pyle with appreciation of their appreciation. Robert Hillyer.” Spine darkened and general light wear. Very good without dust jacket.

3RD PRINTING WITH DJ,BLACK CLOTH WITH GOLD LETTERING AND DESIGNS,ON DEFECTS TO THE BOOK IS THERE IS FOXING INSIDE THE COVERS AND 1ST/LAST LEAF. DJ; IS A PURPLE FOIL,BLUE LETTERING,IT HAS MIONOR RUBBING,AND MINOR CHIPPING,PRICE CLIPPED.

Knopf, 1933. Hardcover. Acceptable. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1934. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Very near fine in very good, price-clipped jacket. A touch of fading to bottom edge of boards. Jacket moderately chipped, with a touch of fading to spine panel.. 12mo. 5.375 x 7.75 in. [xiv], 190 pp. + index of first lines. Original silver-flecked fuschia cloth, skiver label titled in gilt to spine, dark blue top-stain; in lavender foil dust jacket. Laid in are three consecutive, affectionate letters penned by poet & English professor ROBERT HILLYER, while at the Univ. of Delaware, to poet & Asheville citizen HERBERT DELAHAYE MILES, who was first published at the age of 81. In January HILLYER writes, 'I read a little from "Look Up, O World" to some students the other day apropos the new revival of faith and form that seems to give hopes of a brighter future, the students were charmed -- and I let them go on thinking that you are one of the younger poets.' In February HILLYER praises one of Miles' poems & suggests a metrical revision to one… Read More