Published by Van Vechten Press, Metuchen, NJ, 1944
Seller: Cat's Cradle Books, Archdale, NC, U.S.A.
Soft Cover. Condition: Fair with no dust jacket. Stapled binding is holding pages tightly. Pages clean but age-darkened. Wrappers are brittle, fragile at staples with edge wear, shelf wear, tanning around edges. Contents: Swan, Amour among animals. Troy, The new Parnassianism and recent poetry. Moore, Interlude with a pu-pu bird. Brinnin, The acrobats. Baff, Script. Burr, Harbor impression. Newton, Major catastrophe. Howes, Carpe diem. Moss, The robbery. Neruda, Return of autumn. Bromley, Watch. Eberhart, White lily and hail. Wahl, On poetry. Buchanan, Annunciation. Kees, Girl at midnight. Honig, Ballads for Janus. Book reviews. 10" (25.4 cm) tall; 48 pages.
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, 19401949 (published in 1949 by Fine Editions Press).
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, 19401949 (published in 1949 by Fine Editions Press).