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Field Work
by HEANEY, Seamus
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1979. Softcover. Near Fine. Uncorrected proof of the American edition. Printed blue wrappers. Tiny faint cover stain, spine slightly tanned, and four tiny impressions near the spine (from a clip?) not tearing the paper, near fine. Signed by Heaney on the title page. Housed in a custom forest green cloth clamshell case with Heaney's facsimile signature and spine titling in gilt.
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Details
- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 572034
- Title
- Field Work
- Author
- HEANEY, Seamus
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Poetry, UncorrectedProof, IrishLiterature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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...
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