author
Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett) Buck
1887–1959
Best known as a poet, translator, and classical scholar, he brought a lush, old-world sensibility to English readers of Greek and Roman literature. His work ranges from original verse to practical nonfiction, showing both a literary imagination and a hands-on love of books.
1 Audiobook
Book Repair and Restoration: A Manual of Practical Suggestions for Bibliophiles
by Mitchell S. (Mitchell Starrett) Buck
About the author
Mitchell Starrett Buck (February 10, 1887 – May 12, 1959) was an American poet, translator, and classical scholar. Reliable reference listings describe him as a writer deeply influenced by late-19th-century aestheticism and by classical Greek and Roman literature, which shaped both his original poetry and his translations.
His bibliography shows an interesting range. Alongside books of verse and prose poems, he is also known for Book Repair and Restoration, a practical manual for bibliophiles that has remained visible through major digital libraries. That mix of lyrical classicism and book-centered craft gives his work a distinctive personality.
Buck is now a fairly obscure figure, but he still has a footprint in library catalogs, reference works, and public-domain collections. Those surviving records suggest a writer whose interests were not limited to poetry alone, but extended to translation, scholarship, and the physical life of books themselves.