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Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus
by Rainier Maria Rilke; A. Poulin, Jr. (translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus)
- ISBN 10
- 0395250153
- ISBN 13
- 9780395250150
- Seller
-
Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1977. 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing. Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/VG- (Very Good Minus). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Tan cloth with trace wear and slightly bumped spine ends. Jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has light edgewear, rubbing and soil; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Parallel verse in German and English. Prev owner name penned to ffep; prev owner blindstamp to one page of preface. No stickers. Not ex-library. 205 pp.
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- Bookseller
- Albion Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003171
- Title
- Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus
- Author
- Rainier Maria Rilke; A. Poulin, Jr. (translator)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition Thus 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0395250153
- ISBN 13
- 9780395250150
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- X weight
- 2 lb
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Albion Books
Biblio member since 2021
Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- Flap(s)
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
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