(Exhibition catalog): The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters. Exhibition of Work Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards. 1972

New York: The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters, 1972.

Price: $65.00

Softcover. Octavo. Stapled wrappers. [12]pp. Slight age-toning else very near fine. Catalogue for an exhibition. On display were manuscripts from Eudora Welty, Saul Bellow, Arthur Miller, Harry Crews, Donald Barthelme, James Dickey, Walker Percy, and others.

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Item #411279 (Exhibition catalog): The American Academy of Arts and Letters and The National Institute of Arts and Letters. Exhibition of Work Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards. 1972

Carl Sandburg
birth name: Carl Sandburg
born: 1/6/1878
died: 7/22/1967
nationality: USA

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American poet, historian, novelist, and folklorist.- Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

Sandburg material is sought by collectors of poetry, and for his excellent biography of Abraham Lincoln. While the prices of his books tend to be modest, if you find his earliest poetry books such as his first book In Reckless Ecstasy (published in Galesburg, Illinois in 1904, under the name Charles A. Sandburg) don't do as a friend and colleague of mine once did -- leave it at the store because the clerk wouldn't give him his 10% dealer discount from the offering price of $1.00. After all, who had ever heard of Charles A. Sandburg?more