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A Green Bough
by FAULKNER, William (poems); WARD, Lynd (illustrations)
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1933. First Edition. First Printing, trade issue. Octavo (22.25cm); green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and in blind to front cover; dustjacket; [6],7-67,[5]pp, with title page and dustjacket featuring woodcut illustrations by Lynd Ward. Gentle sunning to upper board edges, else a fresh, Fine copy. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced $1.75), gently spine-sunned, extremities a little rubbed, some trivial dustiness, and a few tiny nicks and tears; four pieces of archival tape reinforcement on verso, with one piece removed; Very Good+. "This was the second and final book of Faulkner's poetry published during his lifetime. It contains forty-four numbered poems, of which fourteen had appeared previously, wholly or in part" (PETERSON A15.1b).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58200
- Title
- A Green Bough
- Author
- FAULKNER, William (poems); WARD, Lynd (illustrations)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harrison Smith and Robert Haas
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry; Illustrators;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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