The Wild Old Wicked Man" and Other Poems
first edition Hardcover
1968 · Boston
by MacLeish, Archibald
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Presentation copy by MacLeish to poet Lewis Turco, signed by both on a presentation plate and again by Turco on FFEP. The final and title poem is an apt summation of MacLeish's story arc...a life that included a myriad of honors, including three Pulitzer prizes and as head of the Library of Congress. A handsome copy. Signed by owner on ffep and presentation plate at front pastedown, owner emboss at title page, else tight, bright, and unmarred. DJ shows light shelf/edge wear, else clean. Mustard cloth boards, black ink lettering and decorative elements, mustard endpages. (Inventory #: 6044)