From Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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8vo, pp. 223, [1]; publisher's plum cloth, pale blue dust-jacket printed in blue and black; a fine copy in a fine jacket; bookplate of D. G. Bridson, dashes and crosses against poems in the contents list, presumably in connection with the 1962 recording.First edition, inscribed 'With all best wishes, Randall Jarrell / I've … enjoyed getting to read for you'.Bridson met Jarrell (along with Nemerov, Snodgrass and Berryman) at the National Poetry Festival in Washington in 1962, and made recordings of him reading his work. He recalled seeing Jarrell's lecture on the last 50 years of American poetry there, 'still dazed' from the breaking news of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The recordings were broadcast on 10 April 1963. Seller Inventory # GR219
Bibliographic Details
Title: Selected Poems .
Publisher: London, Faber and Faber Limited, [1956].
Publication Date: 1956
Binding: Hardcover
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Edition: 1st Edition
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