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THE COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS
by Stevens, Wallace
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. First Collected Edition, Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 534, iv pages. In Good plus condition with Fair dust jacket. Blue spine with dark blue and light brown text. Dust jacket is protected by mylar covering and has front flap detached, head edge of spine chipped off, chipping to tail edge of spine, tearing to spine, tearing to fore edge of rear cover, mild shelf wear, and moderate shelf wear. Boards have discoloration to edges. Textblock has owner inscription on front endpaper and stamps on fore and tail edges. Shelved Room A. 1374618. Special Collections.
Synopsis
Wallace Stevens (1879 – 1955) is a Modernist poet. Some of his best known poems in this collection include "Anecdote of the Jar", "Disillusionment of Ten O'Clock", "The Emperor of Ice-Cream", "The Idea of Order at Key West", "Sunday Morning", and "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird." Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1955
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1374618
- Title
- THE COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS
- Author
- Stevens, Wallace
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Collected Edition, Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
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About the Seller
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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