Life Quest
by Richard Aldington
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc., 1935 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Small Thin Octavo. 38 pages, Stated First Edition, Author's Note, a poem in XX Sections. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked. 5.5" x 8.3" Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering in flap clipped DJ. DJ in mylar-acetate protector.
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005173
- Title
- Life Quest
- Author
- Richard Aldington
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran, & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- English language poetry - 20th century
- Size
- Small Thin Octavo
Terms of Sale
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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- 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...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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