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Description: This revised and expanded edition of Norman MacCaig's collected poems includes all the work he wished to preserve from 14 individual volumes, as well as over 100 uncollected pieces.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1993.
Call number: 660851
Creator: MacCaig, Norman (1910-1996)(Opens in new tab)
ISBN: 0701160101; 9780701160104
Provenance: Purchased from Kim Stanley Robinson, August 2025. From the library of Kim Stanley Robinson.

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