Louise Townsend Nicholls — Collected Poems

New York, E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. 1953. First edition. Cloth. A smart limited edition of this collection of poetry from American writer Louise Townsend Nicholl, signed by the author. First edition. Limited to seven hundred and forty-six copies signed by the author. With the author's signature to the limitation page. A review copy with a notice of the author winning the Academy of American Poets Annual Fellowship, dated January 29th 1954. A collection of nineteen new poems as well as the complete contents of the author's first four books of poetry, being Water and Light (1939), Dawn in Snow (1941), Life Is the Flesh (1947), and The Explicit Flower (1952). Written by Louise Townsend Nicholl, an American poet, and editor. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, excellent. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart with light wear to the extremities and the odd small closed tear. Sunning to the spine and panel edges. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean throughout. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine/Very Good Indeed.