Author: MacLEISH, Archibald
Title: Before March
Description: (New York), (Alfred A. Knopf), n.d. [1932]. First Edition. Softcover. Pictorial blue-green stitched wraps in original mailing envelope; 4 pages plus covers. Illustrated by Leja Gorska. Number 3 of the Borzoi Chapbooks series with a small broadside prospectus for the series laid in. Ill.: Leja Gorska. Fine in a Fine envelope 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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