Vintage Poetry and Essay Books
Item Details
An assortment of vintage poetry and essay books. This collection includes Carlyle’s Essay on Burns with Poems from Burns edited by Willard C. Gore (New York: Macmillan, 1924), a first printing of Love Poems Old and New selected by Catharine Connell (New York: Random House, 1943), and the third volume of Critical and Historical Essays by Lord Macaulay (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1899). Love Poems Old and New has a one-quarter cloth binding, while the other two volumes are fully clothbound; the copyright page of Love Poems Old and New reads ‘This Is A Random House Wartime Book / It Is Manufactured Under Emergency Conditions and Complies with the Government’s Request to Conserve Essential Materials in Every Possible Way.’
| Number of Books | 3 |
Condition
- edge and corner wear; bowing; page discoloration; writing to front endpapers; general wear throughout.
Dimensions
- measures largest.
Item #
17WDC134-176
