AGADIR.
by Lundkvist, Artur (preface by William Jay Smith.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in red and gold marbleized papers with a black linen cloth spine,gilt lettering, in the original acetate wrapper (gift
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh:: Byblos Editions II, , (1979.). Hardcover first edition -. Near fine in red and gold marbleized papers with a black linen cloth spine,gilt lettering, in the original acetate wrapper (gift inscription on front endpaper, tear to acetate wrapper.) . First printing (limited edition.) A long narrative poem describing the events of the 1960 earthquake in Southern Morocco that detroyed the city of Agadir, Preface by William Jay Smith; translated from the Swedish by Smith and Leif Sjoberg. One of only 230 copies, Illustrated with a sepia-toned frontispiece by William Libby (details from the frontispiece are used in the book to separate sections. 55 pp. Fine in marble covered boards with linen spine. No dust jacket, likely as issued. One of 230 copies.
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- Bookseller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41494
- Title
- AGADIR.
- Author
- Lundkvist, Artur (preface by William Jay Smith.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in red and gold marbleized papers with a black linen cloth spine,gilt lettering, in the original acetate wrapper (gift
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Byblos Editions II,
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh:
- Date Published
- (1979.)
- Keywords
- morocco, earthquake, poetry, natural disasters, limited edition,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature in translation;
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