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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1935. First printing. Very good plus in very good jacket.. First edition of this anthology of 32 young American poets, including three early works by Elizabeth Bishop and an appreciation of their "methodically oblique" qualities by Marianne Moore. Other notable poets selected by Winslow include Theodore Roethke, Muriel Rukeyser, and George Abbe. With critical commentary by Wallace Stevens, Malcolm Cowley, Stanley Kunitz, Louis Untermeyer, Louise Bogan, and others. Scarce in jacket. 8,5'' x 5.75''. Original silver-lettered navy cloth. In original unclipped ($2.00) silver dust jacket. 225, [1] pages. Bookplate of poet W.G. Van Keuren to front pastedown. Minor foxing and soil to top edge of text block. Jacket with small chip to spine head, a few small closed tears, tape repairs to verso. Book with some faint spotting to cloth. Silver jacket bright.