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(New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1965). 210 x 135 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4"). x, 145, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION.
Publisher's blue buckram, spine lettered in silver. In original dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page. A very fine copy in a fine jacket.
The present work is a collection of poetry from the author's first four publications, including his Pulitzer Prize-winning "At the End of the Open Road," as well as 12 new poems. Louis Simpson (1923-2012) was born in Jamaica and attended Columbia University before leaving to serve in WWII--an experience that greatly influenced the themes he explored in his work. The New York Times described him as a writer who "sought the poetry in everyday life, writing in a simple, unadorned style with specifically American settings. The poet and critic Edward Hirsch called him 'the Chekhov of contemporary American poetry.'" (ST20338-056)
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