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The Hawk in the Rain
by Ted Hughes
- Used
- Very Good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1957. First U.S. Edition, with H-G code. Octavo. 52 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Black boards stamped in gilt.
Price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed and toned at edges and spine. Some staining to front, 1 inch closed tear along top of front panel, and one small chip to rear panel and front fore edge. Boards are lightly edgeworn. Gutter at title starting, but binding is sound. Bookseller stamp and previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Additional ownership inscription to title page.
Overall a very good copy of the Hughes' first book of poetry, dedicated to Sylvia Plath.
[Sagar A1b].
Price-clipped dust jacket is rubbed and toned at edges and spine. Some staining to front, 1 inch closed tear along top of front panel, and one small chip to rear panel and front fore edge. Boards are lightly edgeworn. Gutter at title starting, but binding is sound. Bookseller stamp and previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Additional ownership inscription to title page.
Overall a very good copy of the Hughes' first book of poetry, dedicated to Sylvia Plath.
[Sagar A1b].
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003598
- Title
- The Hawk in the Rain
- Author
- Ted Hughes
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
Glossary
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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