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Collected Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by Stephen Spender
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good -
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Faber and Faber, 1955. Very Good/Very Good -. London: Faber and Faber, 1955. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Spender loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 211 pages. Printed dust jacket with 15s price present. Red boards stamped in gilt.
Dust jacket is chipped with a rather large 4" x 1/2" section along top edge of rear panel missing, and a significant chip to top of front panel near spine. General rubbing and dampstaining to spine verso. Boards lightly rubbed along edges with faint discoloration along bottom of spine. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked.
Dust jacket is chipped with a rather large 4" x 1/2" section along top edge of rear panel missing, and a significant chip to top of front panel near spine. General rubbing and dampstaining to spine verso. Boards lightly rubbed along edges with faint discoloration along bottom of spine. Binding is sound and pages clean and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8852
- Title
- Collected Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- Stephen Spender
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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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