Lines Scribbled on an Envelope and Other Poems

L'Engle, Madeleine

Published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York, 1969

About this Item

First Edition. Crown octavo hardcover with dustjacket. Inscribed and signed by Madeleine L'Engle on ffep. Fine/Very Good.

Trim size = 5.75 x 8.125 x 0.75 inches. Magenta purple boards. Faint topstain. Light foxing to top edge. Inscribed with a poem "for Harriet Whiteman - This is the impossible season / Whose love blooms bright & wild / Had Mary been full of reason / There'd have been no room for the child." 81pp.

Purple dual-tone dustjacket with white text. Jacket has light wear to all edges of spine. Slight wear to top, fore-edge corners. Small, brown stain on front panel. Not price-clipped, $4.50 to upper corner of front flap. Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat. Jacket is in a protective mylar wrap.

Unless otherwise noted, any variations in color to images are due to photography shadows, not discoloration of item. [Modern Firsts].

Seller Inventory # 2031133

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lines Scribbled on an Envelope and Other Poems
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York
• Publication Date: 1969
• Binding: Magenta Cloth
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Dimensions: 5.75W x 8.125H x 0.75D inches 5.75 inches width by 8.125 inches height by 0.75 inches depth
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • First Editions
  • Poetry