Country Road and Other Poems 1947-52
by Dallas, Ruth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Christchurch: The Caxton Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature, "G J Griffiths 1953". Small 1/2" chip to corner of front panel of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; The author's first book. 44 pages. Brown papered boards. Page dimensions: 213mm x 136mm. "The circle will remain, of mountain, hill / And curving sea that once enclosed the world, / And winds that smell and taste of the sea and shake / The needles from the pines with the sea's anger, / And great skies, and rivers blue as veins." from the poem 'The World's Centre.' ; .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19438
- Title
- Country Road and Other Poems 1947-52
- Author
- Dallas, Ruth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Caxton Press
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- New Zealand Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
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Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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