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Poems (Modern Library No. 97)
by WHITMAN, WALT; CARL SANDBURG (Introduction by)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very near fine. A trace of rubbing to edges of spine. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. DJ blurb, neatly cut from rar
- Seller
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Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Boni and Liveright, 1925. Early Modern Library Printing. Hardcover. Very near fine. A trace of rubbing to edges of spine. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. DJ blurb, neatly cut from rare, original first-issue jacket, laid in.. 16mo. xvi, 4.25 x 6.625 in. 377 + [7 adverts] pp. Binding Style No. 3, in chocolate brown limpcroft leather, with scribe monk in gilt on upper cover, brown top-stain; Brodzky endpapers. Introduction by CARL SANDBURG. First published by the Modern Library in 1921, this is an exceedingly fresh, crisp copy of an early reprint. Toledano 97.1.
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- Bookseller
- Irving Book Company
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 678
- Title
- Poems (Modern Library No. 97)
- Author
- WHITMAN, WALT; CARL SANDBURG (Introduction by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near fine. A trace of rubbing to edges of spine. Binding square & tight, text clean & bright. DJ blurb, neatly cut from rar
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Modern Library Printing
- Publisher
- Boni and Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
Terms of Sale
Irving Book Company
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About the Seller
Irving Book Company
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Asheville, North Carolina
About Irving Book Company
Classical, Catholic, Southern, Photographic, Poetic, Scholarly, and early Modern Library Editions, &c.
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- Jacket
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Spine
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- Fine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Blurb
- The blurb refers to the commentary that appears on the dust jacket flaps or the rear of the dustjacket. In the case of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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