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W.H. AUDEN: The Life of a Poet
by OSBORNE, Charles
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0151942862
- ISBN 13
- 9780151942862
- Seller
-
ELLSWORTH, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Publisher's original black cloth with spine lettering gilt, small quarto, pp. 336. Illustrated generously with three sections of black and white photographs. Small old price-sticker shadow on free front endpaper but no stickiness or residue. A little luster lost over the decades through shelf and handling wear, but still GOOD, sound and serviceable. Dust jacket with light shelf wear at spine ends and flap fold points. Jacket now in protective Brodart.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3699
- Title
- W.H. AUDEN: The Life of a Poet
- Author
- OSBORNE, Charles
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0151942862
- ISBN 13
- 9780151942862
- Publisher
- New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, [1979]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1979
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Reference; Poetry; Literary Criticism;
Terms of Sale
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
14 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed.
About the Seller
T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Biblio member since 2013
ELLSWORTH, Maine
About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
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