THE BLACK CHRIST & OTHER POEMS
by Cullen, Countee
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1929. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 110 pages. In Good condition. Spine is black with a faded and partially torn off-white square. Boards have bumping to corners, major rubbing, some damp staining along the bottom edge, minor staining to covers, sunning, and shelf wear. Binding is partially shaken, most evident on page 34-35. Text block has a gold sticker on the bottom right edge of the front paste down and minor scuffing and staining to the rear paste down and last end paper. NOTE: Shelved in Room A. 1373984. Special Collections.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1373984
- Title
- THE BLACK CHRIST & OTHER POEMS
- Author
- Cullen, Countee
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
Second Story Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.