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A Short Walk From the Station
by McGinley, Phyllis
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1951 First printing of the first edition. Signed and inscribed by Phyllis McGinley and Roberta Macdonald directly on the front-free endpage, with a hand drawn illustration of a castle with a moat and drawbridge: "For Eleanor Palffy / for whom I would / walk farther than / the station / with affection, / Phyllis MGinley" and "For Eleanor / who is holding the fort. / Love from Mackie /(R. M.)" Association: Countess Eleanor Palffy was a writer, socialite, and Hungarian expatriate. Book with rubbing to board extremities, light toning to endpapers, and a small shallow stain to outer fore-edge, else in fine condition; dust jacket with a diagonal chip to upper front cover, moderate wear to extremities, a couple short closed tears, a faint moisture mark along back cover fold, else fine.
McGinley was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1960.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022759
- Title
- A Short Walk From the Station
- Author
- McGinley, Phyllis
- Illustrator
- Roberta Macdonald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Literature, Women Writers, Association Copy, Pulitzer Prize.
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About the Seller
Idler Fine Books
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Las Vegas , Nevada
About Idler Fine Books
We specialize in First Editions in Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, many signed first editions and limited editions.
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Rubbing
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- Inscribed
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