Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first edition early printing of The Belle of Amherst: A Play Based on the Life of Emily Dickinson by William Luce in an unclipped dust jacket protected in a new archival wrap.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright cloth boards, strong title gilt on a straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, mild spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, mild edge wear, and strong corners. The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the previous owner’s poetic gift inscription on the first free end paper and no other marks, inscriptions, or signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with $6.95 price on the front flap, mild surface wear and heavy edge wear. Looks great in a new archival wrap.
A biographical play that draws on Emily Dickinson’s poems and letters and firsthand accounts of relatives and friends to recreate the life and spirit of the great American poet.
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