New York: Twayne Publishers, 1953. Fourth Printing. Hardcover, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 72 pp. Near fine book; very good dust jacket, spine and covers consistently soiled, edges chipped and rubbed with short closed tears. Edward Gorey. Collection of poems by 'Boston's irrepressible Psycho-sonneteer' thoroughly illustrated by Edward Gorey. Jacket designed by Free M. Kleeberg.

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Bookseller: Better Read Than Dead (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 2379
Title: More Clinical Sonnets
Author: Merrill Moore
Illustrator: Edward Gorey
Format/Binding: Hardcover, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, pictorial dust jacket, 72 pp
Book Condition: Used - Near fine book; very good dust jacket, spine and covers consistently soiled, edges chipped and rubbed with short closed tears
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Fourth Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Twayne Publishers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1953
Keywords: Edward Gorey

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Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Soiled: Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
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...