The Improved Binoculars
by Irving Layton
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
CA$13.80CA$9.66
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1956 Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC. Autumn 1956. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition of 500 copies. Jargon Book 18 by Jonathan Williams. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; sunfades spine with repaired paper damage on spine; light edgewear; bumping to rear upper corner. No DJ. Pictorial card stock French wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 106 pp 8vo. The 87 poems in this book are selected from ten years and eight volumes of work which have established Irving Layton as Canada's most controversial poet. Laid-in is a Borderguard trifold brochure of avant-garde materials from small presses and magazines. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016332
- Title
- The Improved Binoculars
- Author
- Irving Layton
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Jonathan Williams
- Place of Publication
- Highlands, NC
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- poetry, poets, Irving Layton, Canadian poets,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Items;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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