Rococo Summer and Other Poems

Spingarn, Lawrence P.

Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York, 1947

About this Item

64 pages. The dust jacket is in a plastic sleeve. Small section of title page fore-edge is missing. Inscribed by the author on the fep. The inscription reads To Samuel Brier, a good friend. Best wishes Lawrence P. Spingarn Nov. 18, 1948. A Christmas card signed by Larry & Sylvia Spingarn inviting the recipient to come visit and provides phone number. RARE inscribed copy with signed document laid in. Lawrence Perreira Spingarn was born in 1917 and died in 2001. Genres: Novels, Poetry, Novellas/Short stories. Career: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., special assistant, Hispanic Desk, 1941-43; Pomona College, instructor in English, 1948-49; UCLA, lecturer, 1954-57; Los Angeles Valley College, professor, 1959-85; Perivale Press, director, 1968-. Publications: Rococo Summer and Other Poems, 1947; The Lost River, 1951; Letters from Exile, 1961; Madame Bidet and Other Fixtures, 1968; Freeway Problems-and Others, 1970; (ed.) Poets West, 1975; The Blue Door, 1977; The Dark Playground: Poems, 1979; The Belvedere: A Tale, 1982; Moral Tales, 1983; Journey to the Interior (stories), 1992; Elegy for Amelia (stories), 1994. Lawrence P. Spingarn, Valley College English instructor, is one of a handful of United States poets selected to attend 'Poetry at the Mermaid,' a festival scheduled in London, July 16-23,n 1961. The poems represent a physical journey of progression, from the Atlantic, New England states to CA. First Edition [stated] Limited Edition of 750, unnumbered [stated].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rococo Summer and Other Poems
• Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc, New York
• Publication Date: 1947
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: David Komuro (Sketch of the author on the dust jac
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)