Lowell, Robert; Frank Bidart and David Gewanter, eds. — Robert Lowell: Collected Poems

New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Massively heavy, oversized volume, two-tone, gray paper over boards, black cloth-backed, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Introduction by Frank Bidart, edited by him and David Gewanter. Lowell's work "Life Studies" was a watershed in American poetry, initiating an autobiographical project to which he returned several times; other works include "For The Union Dead" (1964) and "Day By Day" (1977), and this "Collected Poems" (2003). This edition also presents prior drafts, some correspondence and industry adulation. xvi [4], 9-1186 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine