Poet Lore: 52 Bound Volumes and 16 Single Issues in Wraps (1889-1951)

Published by (The Poet-lore Co. / Richard G. Badger / Bruce Humphries), (Philadelphia / Boston), 1951

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Magazine. 52 bound volumes (most with the original wrappers bound in) and 16 individual issues in wrappers. Octavos. A near-complete run from 1889-1951 of *Poet Lore*, an influential American literary magazine that first introduced to the English speaking world many important European dramatists and writers. Founded in 1889 as a magazine devoted to Shakespeare and Browning, it soon became indispensable to readers on the lookout for new writers from Europe, Russia, and Asia by publishing their works in (often the first) English translations. These include Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and the lyric poet Frédéric Mistral. Also included in this run are the first English translations of dramatic works by Maurice Maeterlinck, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Arthur Schnitzler; and the first authorized English translations of works by Maxim Gorky, Anton Chekhov, Gabriele D'Annunzio, and Georges Duhamel. Even the American science fiction writer Frederick J. Pohl made a first appearance in 1927 with *Varnishing Day*. The set consists of a consecutive run of the first twelve monthly issues from 1889, fifteen loose issues in wraps from 1890-1893, and a complete run of monthly and quarterly issues from 1894-1951 bound in half linen and full cloth boards (with one unbound single issue in wraps from 1918). An ex-library set with bookplates and ink stamps, a few intermittent early volumes also have a small embossed or perforated stamp on the title pages, else overall a good or better set of bound volumes. The single issues in wrappers are unmarked, a few with detached wraps, else very good. A very nice assemblage of notable European dramatic literature, poetry, and literary criticism. Further details are available.…

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Title
Poet Lore: 52 Bound Volumes and 16 Single Issues in Wraps (1889-1951)
Author
(CHEKHOV, Anton, Maxim Gorky, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Georges Duhamel, Henrik Ibsen, Maurice Maeterlinck, August Strindberg, and Others)
Publisher
(The Poet-lore Co. / Richard G. Badger / Bruce Humphries), (Philadelphia / Boston)
Publication year
1951
Condition
Good
Binding
Softcover
Edition
1st Edition

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