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Pictures of the Floating World
by Lowell, Amy
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -/No DJ
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1921. 257 pages. Yellow ochre cloth spine with blue-green paper boards. White paper label on spine and front board. Light wear to the extremities of the boards and spine, and light scuffing throughout. Several signatures from previous owners on front free endpaper. Front hinge is split but still remains attached. Bookseller sticker from previous bookstore on back pasted down endpaper. Tight binding, pages lightly toned. A very scarce early printing of the beloved poet.. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good -/No DJ. Small Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030599
- Title
- Pictures of the Floating World
- Author
- Lowell, Amy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1921
- Keywords
- Poetry, Scarce, Early Edition, Women
- Size
- Small Octavo
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
All sales are net. Prepayment is required. Postage in USA: items will be sent Media Mail Rate ($4) unless Priority Mail is requested ($6-$8). Postage for unusually heavy or valuable books may be more. Please contact us for international rates. Books may be returned within 10 days of receipt. Credit cards accepted: VISA, MC, AMEX, Discover.
About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...