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The Beautiful Changes and other poems.
by WILBUR, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock,, 1947. First edition, first printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "Merry Christmas to RAB. Hope you like them. Dick Wilbur, 1947." This is the author's first book of poetry. Octavo. Original green cloth, titles to spine black. With dust jacket. Spine gently rolled, board edges and spine slightly faded; an excellent copy in the jacket with closed tear to head of spine and some shallow chips and nicks to extremities.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 109772
- Title
- The Beautiful Changes and other poems.
- Author
- WILBUR, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Reynal & Hitchcock,
- Date Published
- 1947
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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