Twenty Poems
by Tranströmer, Tomas; translated by Robert Bly
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Madison, MN: Seventies Press, 1970. Twenty poems by Tranströmer, noted on the jacket flap as one of the three powerful poets of Sweden of the twentieth century, with English versions by Bly opposite the Swedish originals. Tranströmer won the Nobel prize for Literature in 2011. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured; one of 1000 so bound - there were as many again in paperback. Light wear to book, minor gutter gaps; jacket faded with some chipping. Text clean; 59 pages + colophon - hand set and hand-printed by the Morgan Press of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. . First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0554
- Title
- Twenty Poems
- Author
- Tranströmer, Tomas; translated by Robert Bly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Seventies Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison, MN
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- Small Octavo
- Keywords
- Poetry, Modern First Editions, Nobel Prize
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Chipping
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- Gutter
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Colophon
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