Add this copy of The Lice to cart. $3.00, good condition, Sold by Xenith Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pittsburgh, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Holiday House.
Add this copy of The Lice to cart. $35.00, good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1969 by Atheneum.
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Very Good. Third printing. 80pp. Extensive penned notations on rear fly and minor underlining on a preliminary page, wrappers lightly soiled with crease down center, very good. Poetry.
Add this copy of The Lice: Poems to cart. $37.11, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Macmillan Pub Co.
Add this copy of The Lice to cart. $125.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1967 by Atheneum.
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Near Fine. First edition. Trade paperback. 80pp. Lightly rubbed, near fine being fellow poet Daniel Hoffman's copy with his name penned on front fly and pencil marginalia on a few pages. Advance Review Copy with publisher's letter laid in. Poetry.
Add this copy of The Lice to cart. $166.50, very good condition, Sold by The Haunted Bookshop rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Iowa City, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1968 by Atheneum.
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Very Good. Signed by Merwin on the title page, with the date (9/9/93); no other inscription or named recipient. The first (blank) leaf bears a prior owner's name and a small brown spot. Pages are otherwise crisp, bright, clean; the soft cover shows edge chipping, modest fading at the upper spine, a small black mark at the upper rear (likely covering the original price), and three short surface wrinkles at mid-spine, otherwise sound and attractive. 80pp. 11th pr.; Signed by Author.
Since Merwin was national Poet Laureate our book group decided to read some of his work, choosing The Lice. The poems are obscure and filled with anger and despair. The best we could do without extensive background and critical research was find individual lines and images to appreciate. As a woman in her 60s I recall the 1960s well. Many of us were angry, frustrated, despairing, full of energy and life which we couldn't articulate very well. We read Hemingway and Faulkner and imagined ourselves to be intellectuals because they were obscure and we appreciated them. Now I don't care.
