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Pictures of Life and Death
by Patchen, Kenneth
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Las Vegas , Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York : Padell, 1946 First printing of the stated first edition, review copy with publisher's slip laid-in, no hardcover edition, 1 of 2500 copies, black stapled wrappers in a printed red and black dust jacket, 32 pp. Black wrapper separated from binding, toning/offsetting to half-title page and back-free-endpage, light age-toning to page margins, else book in fine condition; dust jacket with diagonal chip to upper front spine area, mild chipping/rubbing to extremities, spine end rubbed and chipped, spine and flap folds starting, and light age-toning to cover margins. Holds up and presents well in mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Idler Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022238
- Title
- Pictures of Life and Death
- Author
- Patchen, Kenneth
- Illustrator
- Kenneth Patchen
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Padell
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1946
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poetry, Beat Poets.
Terms of Sale
Idler Fine Books
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About the Seller
Idler Fine Books
Biblio member since 2003
Las Vegas , Nevada
About Idler Fine Books
We specialize in First Editions in Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction, Horror, Mystery, many signed first editions and limited editions.
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Wrappers
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- Jacket
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- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Fine
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