THE DIARY OF JAMES SCHUYLER - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Schuyler, James (contents); Kernan, Nathan (editor)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals involved in publication, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-320,[2]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. The Pulitzer Prize winning poet's journal entries from c.1967-1990s.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6511
- Title
- THE DIARY OF JAMES SCHUYLER - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
- Author
- Schuyler, James (contents); Kernan, Nathan (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Rosa
- Date Published
- 1997
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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