Lord Weary's Castle.
Stock Code 106598
New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1946
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Presentation copy. Inscribed first edition. Lord Weary's Castle, Robert Lowell's second book of poetry, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1947 when Lowell was only thirty.
The inscription written in pencil on front free endpaper reads, 'For cousin Charlie / and Rosamond / with love / from, / Cal'. Cal was Lowell's nickname, short for 'Caligula', Rome's infamous third emperor.
First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; vignette to title page, pencil interlinear textual annotations, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, black and white dustjacket printed in yellow and red, jacket a little chipped at edges, overall a very good copy; 69pp.
The inscription written in pencil on front free endpaper reads, 'For cousin Charlie / and Rosamond / with love / from, / Cal'. Cal was Lowell's nickname, short for 'Caligula', Rome's infamous third emperor.
First edition, inscribed by the author; 8vo; vignette to title page, pencil interlinear textual annotations, otherwise unmarked internally; publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, black and white dustjacket printed in yellow and red, jacket a little chipped at edges, overall a very good copy; 69pp.
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