Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
by Collins, Billy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0375503803
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503801
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Westminster, MD: Random House Inc., 2001. First Edition, Fifth Printing . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Stated First Edition. By the Poet Laureate of the United States in the year of this book's publication. (September, 2001). Book is a landmark collection of new and selected poems. 172 pp. plus About Author. Book has white spine with gilt text, brown boards with poets monogram blindstamped on front panel. Two tiny black spots on fore edge separate this book from an 'As New' designation. It is pristine, stiff to open and appears to be unread. Unclipped (U.S.A. $21.95 Canada $32.95) DJ has bit of shelf wear, ow it too is as new. Suitable for gifting. Bookseller's Inventory # 133491.
Synopsis
Billy Collins has published six collections of poetry, including Questions About Angels, The Art of Drowning , and Picnic, Lightning . He teaches at Lehman College of the City University of New York and at Sarah Lawrence College and was recently appointed named the U.S. Poet Laureate.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003491
- Title
- Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems
- Author
- Collins, Billy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Fifth Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0375503803
- ISBN 13
- 9780375503801
- Publisher
- Random House Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Westminster, MD
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
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Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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