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Who published the first edition of The Bat-Poet?
The first edition of The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell was published in New York by Macmillan in 1964.
How many editions of The Bat-Poet are there?
We track 2 editions of The Bat-Poet, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.