A Mask for Janus

Published by Yale University Press (1953), New Haven, 1953

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Previous owner's signature of New Zealand poet Louis Johnson on front endpaper, "Louis Johnson / 55". Adhesive tape stains to dust-jacket flaps and endpapers. Dust-jacket in clear plastic cover with black adhesive tape along edges.; 1953 second printing, of a collection first published in 1952. xiii, [1], 67, [4], [1 (blank)] pages. Blue boards with light blue lettering on spine and front board. Light blue illustration of Janus' two faces on front board. Page dimensions: 204 x 123mm. Series: Yale Series of Younger Poets. Volume 49. Series editor: W. H. Auden. "There is an increase of interest shown in myth today by both poets and critics, W. H. Auden remarks in his foreword to this volume, and a corresponding turning away, ont he part of the poets at least, from occasional subjects whether political or private." - from dust-jacket blurb. "A Mask for Janus" is the author's first collection of poetry.

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Title
A Mask for Janus
Author
Merwin, W. S. [William Stanley (1927-2019)]
Publisher
Yale University Press (1953), New Haven
Publication year
1953
Condition
Good+
Dust jacket
Good
Binding
Hardcover
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