OMMATEUM, With Doxology [Inscribed]
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- SIGNED
- Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1955
Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1955. First edition. Small 8vo. Light red cloth in dustjacket. The poet's rare first book inscribed: "for Barbara 11-30-58" and signed in full by the author. Bookplate of Barbara H. Mallon on front paste down. 49 pp. Light soiling, else Near Fine in a dampstained dustjacket with minimal wear and two closed tears with resulting creasing on the back panel.
Ammons was the vice-president of a glass manufacturing firm when this book was published; his next book was not published for nine years, at which time he began a long career teaching at Cornell, where he taught until his death. A rare first book, Dorrance being a "vanity" publisher, and very much so signed by the poet.
Ammons was the vice-president of a glass manufacturing firm when this book was published; his next book was not published for nine years, at which time he began a long career teaching at Cornell, where he taught until his death. A rare first book, Dorrance being a "vanity" publisher, and very much so signed by the poet.