American Mystical Verse (Granger Index Reprint Ser.) Tapa dura - 1970

Freeport, New York: Books for Libraries Press, 1970. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Gold cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 309 spiritual and poetic pages! "Some years ago Anna Hempstead Branch, Pauline F. J. Brower and another considered assembling a volume of American Mystical Verse. The book was to follow the principle of the Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse, that is, selection was to be made from among those poets alone whose expression touched toward that heightened perception, that enlargement of vision and level of being, which is so variously denominated..........." --------- from the Preface.. Reprint. Gold Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.