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POEMS AND ADAPTATIONS
by Saminsky, Lillian
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: at the Oxonian Press, 1931. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. The poet was the wife of noted Russian-American composer Lazere Saminsky. Designs by Natalie Gontcharova and Natalie Hays Hammond. 12mo. Original blue cloth binding, with gilt titles. Some mild foxing to the prefatory and concluding leaves and along the extremities Some rubbing to the gilt titles on the spine, with a bit of wear to the corners and tips.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68101
- Title
- POEMS AND ADAPTATIONS
- Author
- Saminsky, Lillian
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- at the Oxonian Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- Poetry, Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
About Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Established in 1981, johnson rare books & archives is located in the heart of downtown Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Our shop is currently open by appointment Thursday - Saturday from 11am - 6pm (please call ahead) and houses an inventory of some 30,000 titles, ranging from the general second-hand to the truly antiquarian. For more information, visit our website at www.johnsonrarebooks.com or call 1-626-967-1888.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
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