Author: MacLEISH, Archibald
Title: Remarks at the Dedication of the Wallace Library Fitchburg/Massachusetts June 3rd/1967
Description: Worcester (MA), Achille J. St. Onge, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. A miniature book (2-1/8" x 2-7/8") in full navy leather with a facsimile of the author's signature gilt-stamped on the front cover, all edges gilt; 63, [1] pages. One of 1250 copies with a frontispiece portrait of the author tipped in. Small stain on front cover. Near Fine 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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