8th printing of the 1939 edition ; vi, 846 pp. ; 26 cm. ; ISBN: 0824200012; 9780824200015; National Library: 01210500R LCCN: 38-27938 ; OCLC: 269102 ; Complete in one volume with 1300 biographies and 400 portraits ; very slight soiling to bottom of textblock ; a penmark on fore-edge of text ; very slight wear to covers ; tiny bookseller's label on back ep ; text clean ; VG.

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Title

American Authors 1600-1900 : A Biographical Dictionary of American Literature. [The Author Series]

Publisher

New York : The H. W. Wilson Company, 1977

Publication Date

1977

Language

English

ISBN 10

0824200012

ISBN 13

9780824200015

Binding

Hardcover

Condition

Very Good

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Book

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Catalog 76 - Books and Bibliography

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Concise biographies of almost 1,300 authors of major and minor significance in American history

About the Author

Stanley Kunitz [born in Worcester, Mass. in 1905], whose honors include the Pulitzer Prize, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Lenore Marshall Prize, has had a long and varied career as poet, editor, essayist, translator, horticulturist, and mentor of young poets. In 1992, Harvard awarded him its Centennial Medal and he received a National Medal of Arts in 1993, presented at the White House by President Clinton. Kunitz lives with his wife, the artist Elise Asher, in New York City and Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he cultivates a renowned seaside garden." -

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