An Abominable Temper and Other Poems
by Curnow, Allen
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Wellington: The Catspaw Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. (1973). First Edition. Softcover. No signatures. Some fading to covers. Some minor indentations on rear cover. ; 35, [1] pages. Red printed wrappers over white card covers. Page dimensions: 182 x 116mm. Printed at the Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, October 1973. An edition of 300 copies. New Zealand poetry. Nine poems. Contents: To the Reader; A Window Frame; This Beach can be Dangerous; To Douglas Lilburn at Fifty; Tantalus; To an Unfortunate Young Lady; A Refusal to read Poems by James K. Baxter; What was that?; An Abominable Temper. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19792
- Title
- An Abominable Temper and Other Poems
- Author
- Curnow, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- The Catspaw Press
- Place of Publication
- Wellington
- Date Published
- (1973)
- Keywords
- New Zealand Literature Poetry
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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