SONGS FOR EVE
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth in tissue dustwrapper and slipcase. SIGNED by the poet on the half-title page. Fine in a Near Fine tissue dustwrapper with a small chip at the bottom and a Near Fine slipcase with drip stains on one side. Item #020332
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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