I Hear America Singing: An Anthology of Folk Poetry.
by BARNES, Ruth A. LAWSON, Robert (illus.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Bookplate on pastedown; otherwise fine in a (price-clipped?) spotted jacket with some shallow chipping and a very tanned spine
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York:: The Junior Literary Guild; John C. Winston Company,, 1937.. First edition.. publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver, in dust jacket.. Bookplate on pastedown; otherwise fine in a (price-clipped?) spotted jacket with some shallow chipping and a very tanned spine. 8vo,. Illustrated by Robert Lawson.. With an Introduction by Carl Van Doren.
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74223
- Title
- I Hear America Singing: An Anthology of Folk Poetry.
- Author
- BARNES, Ruth A. LAWSON, Robert (illus.)
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Robert Lawson.
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver, in dust jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Bookplate on pastedown; otherwise fine in a (price-clipped?) spotted jacket with some shallow chipping and a very tanned spine
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Junior Literary Guild; John C. Winston Company,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- 1937.
- Pages
- xix, 346 pp.
- Size
- 8vo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. New York residents please add 8% sales tax. All items guaranteed. Members ABAA, ILAB.
About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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