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Hard Freight
by WRIGHT, Charles
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0819520691
- ISBN 13
- 9780819520692
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Middletown CT: Wesleyan, 1973. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Remnant of a bookplate on the front pastedown else fine in very good sunned dustwrapper with some edgewear and light rubbing. Signed on the title page by Wright who has also Inscribed the book on the first page. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. Author's second full-length collection of poetry. Because of a simultaneous wrappered edition, the hardcover is scarce.
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Details
- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 465449
- Title
- Hard Freight
- Author
- WRIGHT, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0819520691
- ISBN 13
- 9780819520692
- Publisher
- Wesleyan
- Place of Publication
- Middletown CT
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Poetry
- 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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- First Edition
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Publisher's Slip
- A piece of paper from the publisher included in an advance review copy or an uncorrected proof copy of a book. A publisher's...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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