POEMS, 1924 - 1933
Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page. Uncommon in dustwrapper and signed. Some fading to the cloth. Near Fine in a Very Good dustwrapper with light edgewear. Item #020307
Archibald MacLeish was not only a well-known poet but also served as Librarian of Congress, appointed by Franklin Roosevelt, a position he used to reorganize and promote the institution. In addition to winning three Pulitzer Prizes, MacLeish was commissioned by the NEW YORK TIMES to write a poem to celebrate the Apollo 11 moon landing, which he entitled "Voyage to the Moon" and which appeared on the front page of the 21 July 1969 edition of the paper.
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