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AMARANTH; By Edwin Arlington Robinson
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1934. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo, dark green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover, lettered dust jacket (price-clipped) with belly-band, dj protected by an archival clear plastic cover, 105 pages. Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869 - 1935) was an American poet who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his work, and was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature four times. Amaranth was a narrative and meditative poem with personalized symbolism. Via Amaranth, ""the flower that cannot fade,"" men and women may reach a better understanding of their place in the scheme of things. Condition: FINE copy: Tight, remarkably bright and clean copy with comparable dust jacket & rare belly-band. VERY slight toning to edges of dj and belly-band. Small bookseller's tag on rear pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4085
- Title
- AMARANTH; By Edwin Arlington Robinson
- Author
- Robinson, Edwin Arlington
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Poetry, meditation, symbolism, autobiography,
- Product_type
- Poetry
Terms of Sale
Borg Antiquarian
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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