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Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems
by CAWEIN, Madison J
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Louisville: John P. Morton & Company, 1889. First Edition. One of 500 copies. Octavo (21.5cm); red cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; floral-patterned endpapers; top edge gilt, fore- and bottom edge uncut; publisher's original unprinted dustjacket; viii,164,[2]pp. Tight, clean copy, Fine but for a shade of sunning to cloth on spine. Blanck notes copies in blue, red, mustard, gray, etc., without priority. Third book by Cawein (1865-1914), known as the "Keats of Kentucky." BAL 2988.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62973
- Title
- Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems
- Author
- CAWEIN, Madison J
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John P. Morton & Company
- Place of Publication
- Louisville
- Date Published
- 1889
- Bookseller catalogs
- The South; Literature Before 1900;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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