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CUMMINGS, E[dward] E[stlin]: : The Beauty of Living: E. E. CUMMINGS IN THE GREAT WAR

US.NEW YORK.W. W. NORTON & COMPANY INC.,2020.

ISBN 9780393246964.

US,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Complete number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0, plus stated First Edition.] FINE-/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj - as new.Bright,crisp,clean,wrap-around matt,colour+sepia (subject's portrait photograph) illustrated dw/dj with capitalised, white-lettered part+sub title; author's capialised,pink-lettered name to front of dw/dj; spine/backstrip with capitalised,matt black-lettered part-title,capitalised,brown-lettered sub-title,capitalised black-lettered author name and publisher's black lettered+illustrated colophon to foot of same; rear panel of dw/dj with colour illustration and critics' black-lettered reviews.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners – no nicks,tears or splits present. Top+fore-edges bright crisp,clean without blemish/foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound – no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips – unread,other than my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp, clean/unblemished,sharp-cornered with exception of small dent to front,lower corner tip,original plain purple/mauve cloth boards with bright, crisp,blocked gilt lettering to spine/backstrip, a dusky pink+brown(?) striped headband,and immaculate plain white endpapers.US,8vo HB+ dw/dj,stated 1st edn,xi-xiipp+1-335pp [paginated] includes Contents list/table,a Prologue,Pts I-VI comprising of 3, 6, 4, 4, 4, and 5 chapters respectively,16pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs and b/w sketches, plus author's Afterword,Acknowledgements,A Note on Previous Biographies of Cummings,a Glossary of Minor Characters,Recommendations for Further Reading,Notes on the Text,an 8pp Bibliography, Credits,an Index of Poems Cited and a General Index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title page, author's other titles (2),a title page,a dedication [For C.A.M.F.] with W.B. Yeats poem/ verse 'Among School Children',an e.e. cummings epigram ('Armistice'),a title separator page, individual Pts separator pages and to the rear,2pp blanks.                                  Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation. It really is an exceptional, exemplary example for its cleanliness, brightness and lack of detracting faults.        Renowned for his formally fractured, gleefully alive poetry, E. E. Cummings is not often thought of as a war poet. But his experience as a prisoner during the war in La Ferte-Mace (the basis for his first work of prose,'The Enormous Room'),and of his first love,the French prostitute Marie Louise Lallemand,escalated his earliest breaks with conventional form - the innovation with which his name would soon become synonymous.                                       'The Beauty of Living' follows Cummings from his Cambridge upbringing and Harvard education through his time at the front during the Great War.Probing an under-examined yet formative time in the poet's life, this deeply researched account illuminates his ideas about love, justice,humanity,and brutality.                  Cummings scholar J. Alison Rosenblitt weaves together letters, journal entries, and sketches with astute analyses of poems that span Cummings's career, revealing the origins of one of the twentieth century's most famous poets.     Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

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