E.E. CUMMINGS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY - INSCRIBED TO E.E. CUMMINGS
by Firmage, George J
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1960. First Edition. Arguably the best possible copy of this key reference book on the work of e.e. cummings. George James Firmage (1928-2005) was an editor, literary critic, and an authority on cummings, having compiled and edited numerous volumes of his work. First Printing. Octavo (23.5cm); red cloth, blocked and titled in black and silver on spine; red topstain; dustjacket; x,129,[5]pp. Cummings's own copy, inscribed to he and his wife by the compiler: "For E.E. and Marion Cummings, whose "giving" made this possible, this first copy of a "valentine" to my "now-hero." With thanks and love, George Firmage / 3/12/60." Fine in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced $7.50), with some trivial wear and some subtle yellowing to extremities.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5310
- Title
- E.E. CUMMINGS: A BIBLIOGRAPHY - INSCRIBED TO E.E. CUMMINGS
- Author
- Firmage, George J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Place of Publication
- Middletown, CT
- Date Published
- 1960
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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