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New York: Coward McCann, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 1929, First Edition of the author's first book. Hardcover, blue cloth. Very Good a Good dust jacket. Minor shelfwear to the spine ends; previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown; light straining tot he front inner hinge. Clean contents. The DJ is split along the majority of the fold where the spine meets the front panel, but it is still attached at the lower 2 inches; spine faded; shallow loss at spine ends; 2 think pieces missing from the front panel. Overall an attractive copy, with the DJ now protected in mylar. Fearing is known as 'The poet of the American Depression.' From the publisher's Songs of Today Series.
ANGEL ARMS by Kenneth Fearing - 1929
by Kenneth Fearing
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ANGEL ARMS
by Kenneth Fearing
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New York, NY: Coward McCann, Inc, 1929. Text/NEAR NEW w/sporadic light brown spotting (acidic paper reaction). Beige linen boards/VG; sound with surface soiling & marked spine discoloration. DJ/None. Anthology. First published volume of powerful verse from major American poet and novelist of the Depression era Kenneth Fearing (1902 - 1961), social activist and founding editor of Partisan Review. Collection of 24 poems. Lead, narrative poem is St. Agnes' Eve: "The dramatis personae include a fly-specked Mondday evening/ A cigar store with stagnant windows/ Two crooked streets/ Six policeman and Louiie Glatz... Louie holds up the cigar for $14.92, does not stop when Officer orders him to and whips out a gun. The poem explodes with "rat-a-tat-tats" and "blam-blam-blams". Dolan dead and moments later, Louie the Rat's soul "rose through his mouth in the form of a derby hat". A defintive version of the less definitive circumstances surrounding the Michael Brown, Ferguson, Missouri incident of August 9, 2014?. First Edition, First Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. First Edition, First Thus.
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- Edition First Edition, First Thus
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- Publisher Coward McCann, Inc
- Place of Publication New York, NY
- Date Published 1929
- Keywords Anthology/Poetry/Verse/American/Great Depression Era
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Angel Arms
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Angel Arms.
by FEARING, Kenneth
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New York:: Coward McCann,, 1929.. First edition.. publisher's printed boards in dust jacket.. Very slight bumping at extremities; otherwise a very nice copy in a jacket with some minor chipping at the head and foot of the spine and corners.. 12mo,. Songs of Today Series.
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Angel Arms
by FEARING, Kenneth
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New York: Coward McCann, 1929. First Edition. 12mo (19.5cm.); original boards in cream decorative dust jacket; v,[6]-64pp. A few short closed tears to jacket extremities, the whole uniformly dust-soiled; tape repair to verso of spine ends. About Very Good. Forms part of the Song of Today Series. Radical poetry by the founding editor of the Partisan Review.
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