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The Poems of Robert Frost, With an Introductory Essay "The Constant Symbol" by the Author (Modern Library #242.1)
by FROST, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library / Random House. Good in Good dust jacket. [c.1955]. Hardcover. A Modern Library hardcover edition in jacket offering 230 of Robert Frost's poems, chosen for this volume by Mr. Frost and including his 'personal credo' in essay form, "The Constant Symbol". --- In Toledano spine 8 / green cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 405 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1961, though 1946 date appears in book. ML #242.1. --- A partially cracked front hinge has been imperfectly repaired on this item resulting in a stabilized binding but with visible repair tape. Also with light pencilings here and there inside the book and faint dampstains to cloth. Unclipped dust jacket with soiling and age-toning, otherwise remaining intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo (7 to 7-1/2 in. tall); xxiv, 445 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85026
- Title
- The Poems of Robert Frost, With an Introductory Essay "The Constant Symbol" by the Author (Modern Library #242.1)
- Author
- FROST, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good in Good dust jacket
- Publisher
- The Modern Library / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c.1955]
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Poetry;
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About Bluebird Books
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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