Pig Dreams: Scenes from the Life of Sylvia [Signed By the Levertov and Coolidge]

Levertov, Denise

ISBN 10: 0914378821 / ISBN 13: 9780914378822

Published by The Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vermont, 1981

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Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 47 pp, Her Destiny; Dogbrothers; The Catpig; Winterpig; The Bride; Her Task; Her Secret; Her Nightmare; Her Lament; Her Sadness; Her Sister; Pigsong; Her Delight; Her Judgement; Her Vision; Her Prayer; Isis Speaks. Pastels by Liebe Coolidge. Signed by Denise Levertov and Liebe Coolidge on Half-Title. "Liebe Coolidge's pastels of her pet pig combined with her anecdotes of Sylvia's life in Vermont, inspired Denise Levertov to write these poems. A brilliant animal in the tradition of the Learned Pigs of the 18th and early 19th centuries she was philosophical and highly peripatetic and loved to take long brisk cross-country walks with her human and canine friends, as well as to muse and meditate with Kaya the cow whose devotion Isis Sylvia shared." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. Small tide-mark top edge rear pane dj near spine, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean and bright; tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Light-beige cloth with brown lettering to spine. Size: Octavo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pig Dreams: Scenes from the Life of Sylvia [Signed By the Levertov and Coolidge]
• Publisher: The Countryman Press, Woodstock, Vermont
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0914378821
• ISBN 13: 9780914378822
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Liebe Coolidge
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • POETRY

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Synopsis

Poems chronicle the exploits and reveal the character of a Vermont pig named Sylvia