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O The Chimneys: Selected Poems, including the verse play Eli
by SACHS, Nelly (various translators; Hans Magnus Enzensburger, introd)
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1967. First English Language Edition. Octavo. Maroon cloth hardcover; 387pp. Front endpaper slightly darkened from a laid-in clipping, else tight and fine in a crisp and unfaded dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $7.50 on front flap); Near Fine. The first English-language publication of this selection of the German-Jewish poet's work, following her Nobel Prize in 1966.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58277
- Title
- O The Chimneys: Selected Poems, including the verse play Eli
- Author
- SACHS, Nelly (various translators; Hans Magnus Enzensburger, introd)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Language Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1967
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; Women; Holocaust;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Cloth
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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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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