History, Robert Lowell — 1st Edition

Name: History, Robert Lowell — 1st Edition
Brand: Broadhursts Books
SKU: 6972
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Publication: London, Faber and Faber, 1973

Formatting: 8vo, pp. 207.

Condition Report: Fine. The grey cloth binding remains tightly bound and square, retaining exceptionally sharp corners and brilliant, unoxidised gilt tooling to the spine. Internally, the text block is bright and structurally sound, showing only the faintest whisper of shelf-wear to the lower edges and a trace of age-toning to the page extremities, consistent with the paper stock of this era. The original unclipped dust jacket is highly presentable, displaying light natural toning to the white panels alongside very minor rubbing at the spine ends, yet remaining entirely complete and free from tears or loss.

Catalogue Note: A handsome copy of the true first United Kingdom edition. Following the publication of his earlier poetry anthology Notebook, Lowell substantially reworked many of those compositions to construct this volume, which also integrates approximately eighty entirely new poems. The distinctive dust jacket features a striking illustrative design by the acclaimed Australian artist Sidney Nolan.

Securing copies that retain such unrubbed, gleaming gilt and a jacket free from significant browning or edge loss is becoming increasingly uncommon.

In History, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Robert Lowell directs his formidable intellect and confessional intensity toward the vast sweep of human events. Forged from the heavily revised framework of his preceding work, Notebook, this ambitious sequence of sonnets masterfully intertwines the deeply personal with the monumental. Lowell navigates the corridors of time, stretching from biblical antiquity through the turbulent political landscapes of twentieth-century America, offering a profound, fragmented, and dazzling meditation on the weight of history and its enduring imprint on the individual psyche.

Book Condition: Fine

Book Authors: Robert Lowell

Book Publisher: Faber and Faber

Book Language: English

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Genre: Poetry

Book edition: First Edition

Signed: No

Book Pages: 207

Book Publication Year: 1973

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Book Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Sidney Nolan

Book Series: N/A

Country/region of manufacture: London, United Kingdom

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