Felleman Hazel Compiler (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1980 Reprint. Text/As New & Bright. Gilt embossed black linen boards/Fine. DJ/NF w/trace stain (water splash?) to lower, inner edge of spine. Anthology of poetry long favored by Americans. First published 1936; this is a reprint of 1980. Anthology complied by Hazel Felleman (1884 - 1975 ) who joined the New York Times in 1905 as a teenager at $10.00 a week to dust books! In 1922, she was promoted to secretary to the editor of The Book Review, specifically assigned to responding to inquiries of Notes and Queries, and, ultimately to be the column's editor through 1955. Often called upon to complete forgotten lines of forgotten poems, Felleman earned the reputation "as an obscure‐rhyme detective". This, her first anthology of poems published 1936 by Doubleday during the Great Depression, is assembled from 15 years of editorial records. 670 pgs of some 575 long treasured favorites that have delighted generations . both a treasury for poetry lovers and family reference.…

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 36th printing edition. 480 pages. 8.75x5.75x1.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. reissue edition. 670 pages. 8.50x5.75x2.00 inches. In Stock.