EMILY DICKINSON "SELECTED POEMS" FIRST MODERN LIBRARY EDITION 1948

Published by Modern Library, 1948

“ For many years the editors of the Modern Library have sought to include in the series a comprehensive volume of Emily Dickinson's poetry. Now, through the cooperation of her original publishers, we are able to offer the passionate and mystical verses of one of the most original and appealing poets in the entire history of American letters. The romantic circumstances under which Emily Dickinson became a hermit and guarded her poems against publication during her lifetime are now a legend; her poems themselves are the real and lasting expression of her incomparable intensity and delicacy.” - The Publisher

The first volume of Emily Dickinson’s poetry was published in 1890, four years after her death. Modern Library is a publishing house founded in 1917 to provide American readers with inexpensive reprints of European modernist titles plus the work of a few contemporary Americans. This copy is the First Modern Library Edition of the “Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson” from 1948.

Format: Cloth Hardcover. *The top edge is color dyed on purpose as a design and functional piece to prevent wear.

Condition:  Near Fine - Shows some wear with minor flaws, but otherwise in great condition. Few pages have been dog eared.

Dust Jacket Condition - Shows wear with flaws, but otherwise in very good condition.