Collected Poems: 1
by Spark, Muriel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Purple coloured cloth covered boards with gilt embossed author's initials and green coloured decoration to the front panel and gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and black and green coloured titles to the back strip The first American edition (stated) of the author's first book of poetry for the American market. Sunning of the book edges with a few marks to the book panels. Age toning of the text block edges along with some faint foxing spots. There are some handling marks to the front end pages. Yellowing of the white coloured background with some funding to the dustwrapper edges. Some marks to the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 97, [3] pages.. Deckled Front Edge (rough cut). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; Britain/UK; Inventory No: 0127504. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0127504
- Title
- Collected Poems: 1
- Author
- Spark, Muriel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- BZDB2 poetry Poetry; Britain/UK; Unbranded Spark, Muriel Collected Poems: 1
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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