Terror and Decorum: Poems 1940-1948

Terror and Decorum: Poems 1940-1948, Peter Viereck. First edition, first printing. Inscribed by the author.

Dust Jacket: Very Good. Unclipped jacket with price ($3.00) intact. Jacket has fibrant color still. Chipping on top of spine, with a tear on front cover.

Hardcover: Very Good. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1949. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles on spine in white, pattern to upper board in white/black. No markings on book but has writing on back two pages, There is also writing on flyleaf along with author inscription: "To Emma (?), Peter Viereck".

This is the authors first book, which won a Pulitzer Prize. This copy was purchased at auction (Peter Harrington Rare Books, U.K.)

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