Item #020311 THE POT OF EARTH. Archibald MacLEISH.

THE POT OF EARTH

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover. Cloth-backed gold foil decorated boards. One of only 100 copies. Near Fine, lacking the dustwrapper. Item #020311

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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