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Poetry Portraits- Word Pictures of Life in Verse. Signed and Inscribed with Poem by Author
by E. Clayton Hazelwood
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
Item Price
CA$90.58CA$81.52
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About This Item
Plainfield, NJ: The Recorder Press, 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First Edition, signed and inscribed with a poem by the author. A Near Fine book in A Near Fine jacket. Plainfield, NJ: The Recorder Press, 1936. 'Poetry Portraits- Word Pictures of Life in Verse', by E. Clayton Hazelwood. Signature and inscription -a four-line poem - on the half-title. Octavo, royal blue cloth boards with gilt imprinting on cover and spine, heavy brown leather-textured paper dust jacket wlined with spider-web patterned glassine liner,127 pp. Avery Near Fine book, showing only scattered foxing spots on fore edges, otherwise without flaw anywhere, in a like jacket, showing no damage at all to the jacket and just touch damage to the glassine liner. An outstanding example of a bygone poetry genre which was already fading as this title went to press. Collectible Americana. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box - not a bag. L4
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 63123
- Title
- Poetry Portraits- Word Pictures of Life in Verse. Signed and Inscribed with Poem by Author
- Author
- E. Clayton Hazelwood
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Recorder Press
- Place of Publication
- Plainfield, NJ
- Date Published
- 1936
- Pages
- 127
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American, General, Autographs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Western Fiction and Americana; Poetry;
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