Billy Sunday and Other Poems

San Diego: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1993.

Price: $20.00

Softcover. First edition, wrappered issue. Edited with an introduction by George and Willene Hendrick. A bit of light staining on the lower wrapper, else just about fine. "Unpublished, uncollected, and unexpurgated works."

Item #440253
ISBN: 0156621444

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Item #440253 Billy Sunday and Other Poems. Carl SANDBURG.

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