THE LOST SON AND OTHER POEMS (SIGNED)

Author: Roethke, Theodore
Title: THE LOST SON AND OTHER POEMS (SIGNED)
Publication: New York: Doubleday and Company, 1948
Edition: Second Printing

Description: Charles Seide. Hardcover. Octavo, 8.7 in. x 5.8 in., pp. 64. SIGNED by poet in his characteristic green ink, on the front flyleaf. Black cloth-covered boards. Light shelfwear to boards, light rubbing to extremities. Dustjacket top-edge (with $2.50 price intact) shows long missing strip, no more than 1/2 inch wide, across top of the rear panel, the spine, and a third of the way across the front panel. Small chips and a few creases to bottom dustjacket front and spine. Very Good / Good Only dj.

One of one of the most beloved of American poets who went on to win -- six years after publication of this book -- a Pulitzer Prize and two National Book Awards for Poetry. This book contains a number of poems inspired by Roethke's memories as a boy working in his parent's floral business in Saginaw, Michigan.

"The whiskey on your breath Could make a small boy dizzy; But I hung on like death: Such waltzing was not easy..." (from “My Papa’s Waltz”).

Seller ID: 84903

Subject: Poetry


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