- Consultants' Reunion 1987: A Keepsake Anthology of the Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration of the Consultantship in Poetry

Washington, DC, Library of Congress, 1987. Paperback. Small 4to. Stiff burgundy wrappers with gilt lettering. v, 44pp. Illustrations. Fine. Handsome first edition of this chronological verse gathering featuring one poem for each of the first half century's worth of Consultants in Poetry to the Library of Congress, ranging from Joseph Auslander (1837-41) to Robert Penn Warren (1986-87 but also 1944-45) -- and a "Who's Who" in between that includes Gwendolyn Brooks, Conrad Aiken, Karl Shapiro, Howard Nemerov, William Meredith, Robert Frost, Robert Lowell and many more. Best of all, the front wrapper verso bears a finedecorative bookplate signed boldly by Richard Eberhart (Consultant 1959-60), who also dates it 1991 at lower right. Eberhart (1904-2005) published numerous verse volumes over a lengthy career and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1966 for "Selected Poems, 1930-1965" and the National Book Award for Poetry in 1977 for "Collected Poems, 1930-1976. .

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