Twentieth-Century American Poetry (Modern Library #127.3)

AIKEN, Conrad (editor)

Published by The Modern Library / Random House [c.1954], New York, 1954

From the jacket cover: "The vigor and diversity of American poetry are made strikingly manifest in this newly revised anthology." The poets represented range from Emily Dickinson to Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, Ezra Pound and many others. This Modern Library edition edited, and with a preface, by Conrad Aiken. Indices of poets and first lines at rear of volume. --- In Toledano spine 8 / blue cloth / gilt titling on burgundy spine & cover blocks / faded red topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 370 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1954 (though 1944 date appears in book). ML #127.3. --- An unmarked, tightly-bound copy, though with faint discoloration to top edge of front cover and with a hint of age-toning to leaves. Unclipped dust jacket ($1.45) is well-preserved, but with mottled discoloration to front panel and small chips to extremities; wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xx, 410 pages. Seller Inventory # 88734

Bibliographic Details

Title: Twentieth-Century American Poetry (Modern ...
Publisher: The Modern Library / Random House [c.1954], New York
Publication Date: 1954
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good