Attractive 1966 book with grey marbled boards and lime green cloth spine with black lettering and black endpapers in near mint condition, SIGNED by John Ciardi on the title page. This is the poet's view of America in the 1950's and 1960's including Norman Rockwell, the cold war and the ever-present shadow and threat of Hiroshima: "There was a time before man. There will be a time after. I speak only what is evident. But as long as there remains/Any man who can read these/Words, none will believe them,/And after, no one will know/Whether to believe them or not." Or: "men are boys who find out about dying, and then forget.".

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Bibliographic Details

Title: This Strangest Everything
Publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Jersey
Publication Date: 1966
Language: English
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First
Printing: 3rd Printing
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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I am a book lover and collector with a literary education (which means I have not read Ulysses, but I have taken classes on it). I am a packrat and aficionado of fine and serviceable used items in the belief that it is time to slow down production and slow down our lives in order to appreciate and share that which already exists.

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Sparkle Books
AB, Canada

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I will search out used books which have value, be it intrinsic, symbolic,
aesthetic or amusement, describe them and their condition to the best of my
ability, price them fairly and ship them promptly, carefully packaged, as a rule
by Canada Post. I will accept returns in accordance with the policies of ABE
Books.
This is a hobby business that is cheaper than skiing, and I will run it 'until
all the money is gone' as the farmers say. After that, I will have to switch to
collecting match book cove...

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