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Published by A Lyceum Book / Comet Press Books, New York, 1957
Seller: Hedgehog's Whimsey BOOKS etc., Newport, NH, U.S.A.
Hard cover. 94 p. Dark cloth covered boards. DJ in gray, white, black, turquoise. Black DJ titles. Author portrait in B&W and biographical notes on back of DJ. At publication, he was teaching at City College, NYC. His previous volume, 'Buzzards, Peacocks and Nightingales', was published in 1933. Living in New Jersey, he was born to missionary parents in China. Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by author; inscribed: 'For George E Houghton, remembering pleasant days at Woodbury Forest, from.'. Soiled DJ. Torn DJ spine at rear fold, repaired with wide clear tape from inside. Prior moisture damage. Copyright page, blurred small symbol with '65' to its right. 1 0.0.
Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1933
Seller: Blind-Horse-Books (ABAA- FABA), DeLand, FL, U.S.A.
A Very Good Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition, First Printing. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. 8vo, 8 inches tall; viii pages, 1 leaf, 11-192 pages. The "Buzzards is a bit of criticism in Free Verse; Peacocks is a poetic short story and Nightingales a book of poetry.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Text is clean. Cover and dust jacket shows expected shelfwear, minor rubbing to spine ends. Inscribed by author to previous owner on front free endpaper. ; Signed by Author.
Published by Columbia University Press, New York, 1941
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxii, 85pp. Spine and edges sunned, very good being poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his name penned on the front fly, lacking the unprinted glassine dust jacket. Contains the first book appearance of five poems by Louis Simpson (as Louis Marantz Simpson) [1923-2012], who eventually earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University and was awarded the Medal for Excellence from Columbia University; his first collection of poems was The Arrivistes: Poems, 1940-1949 (published in 1949 by Fine Editions Press).
Published by Columbia University Press, New York/ Morningside Heights, 1941
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Octavo. xxii, 85pp. Small abrasion on rear pastedown, moderate foxing on the cover with a small tear along the joint, very good, lacking the unprinted glassine dust jacket. Contains the first book appearance of five poems by Louis Simpson (as Louis Marantz Simpson) [1923-2012], who eventually earned a Ph.D. at Columbia University and was awarded the Medal for Excellence from Columbia University; his first collection of poems was The Arrivistes: Poems, 1940-1949 (published in 1949 by Fine Editions Press).