The Buck In The Snow: And Other Poems
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Burlington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
First Edition of Edna st. Vincent Millay's 'The Buck in the Snow' collection of poetry.
Blue cloth binding with black spine and corners; title on paper label on spine; binding is tight and square, corners relatively crisp; original dust jacket present but with considerable sunning to spine and edges, shelf grime, and some tears; original owner's name and 'Christmas 1928' inscribed in pencil on flyleaf; otherwise unmarked. Original gift card included. Light foxing to pages; original bookseller's tag on inside back cover. Please see photos.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Margaret Wallace (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 114
- Title
- The Buck In The Snow
- Author
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Margaret Wallace
About the Seller
Margaret Wallace
About Margaret Wallace
These are lovely friends of old, some with enchanting inscriptions, some with embossed stamps or bookplates from the original owners, and will add to your collection, or be the perfect gift for your bibliophile friends. I'm listing the books well below the suggested prices (check elsewhere and see!), because we should all have access to good books.
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Inscribed
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.