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Breathing the water

Title: Breathing the water / Denise Levertov.
Author: Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997.
Publication: New York : Published for J. Laughlin by New Directions Pub. Corp., 1987.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Berg Coll Levertov B74 1987 (Levertov) 95-44	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	Text	Permit needed	Berg Coll Levertov B74 1987	Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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Description

86 pages; 21 cm

Subject

Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Genre/Form

Authors' presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
Poetry.
Personal correspondence.
Dust jackets (Binding) – New York (State) – New York – 1987.
Dust jackets (Binding) – New York – United States – 20th century.
Correspondence.

Note

"A New Directions book" -- title page.
"New Directions Books are published for James Laughlin by New Directions Publishing Corporation" -- title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86).

Indexed In (note)

Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin

Provenance (note)

Copy 1 presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert A. Wilson, "May 1988"; copy 2: Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert A. Wilson, undated.

Binding (note)

bound in publishers' green cloth over boards; with original dust jacket designed by Sylvia Frezzolini; jacket photograph by Ron Janssen.

Call Number

Berg Coll Levertov B74 1987

ISBN

081121026X
9780811210263
0811210278
9780811210270

LCCN

86023658

OCLC

14359582

Author

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997.

Title

Breathing the water / Denise Levertov.

Imprint

New York : Published for J. Laughlin by New Directions Pub. Corp., 1987.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Britons

Americans

Women

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86).

Indexed In:

Harrison, J.A. Published for James Laughlin, page 120

Binding

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1187 bound in publishers' green cloth over boards; with original dust jacket designed by Sylvia Frezzolini; jacket photograph by Ron Janssen. NN

Provenance

Copies in Berg Coll Levertov B74 1987 Copy 1 presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert A. Wilson, "May 1988"; copy 2: Presentation copy, inscribed by the author to Robert A. Wilson, undated.

Local Note

Copy in Berg Coll Levertov B74 1987 Copy 1 gift of Robert A. Wilson, 1995.

Copy in Berg Coll 22-1187 acquired from Leila and Daniel Javitch, 2021.

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Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, publisher.

Frezzolini, Sylvia, cover designer, bookjacket designer.

Janssen, Ron, photographer.

New Directions Publishing, publisher.

Javitch, Leila Laughlin, donor.

Javitch, Daniel, donor.

Laughlin, James, 1914-1997, former owner.

Wilson, Robert A. (Robert Alfred), 1922-2016. Former owner

James Laughlin's library of New Directions imprints.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll Levertov B74 1987

Berg Coll 22-1187

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