Sails and Mirage and Other Poems
by STERLING, GEORGE
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Cloth slightly worn; fine copy in the original printed dust jacket.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1921, 1921. First edition. BAL 18797; Mattila A25. Cloth slightly worn; fine copy in the original printed dust jacket.. 8vo, original green cloth, gilt lettering. ¶ An early presentation copy: "For / Ida Brenda Gregg / these songs of California / and Dreamland, with / all good wishes. / George Sterling. / San Francisco, Dec. 6th, 1921." The earliest presentations copies noted in BAL and Mattila are dated December 6 and 8.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27794
- Title
- Sails and Mirage and Other Poems
- Author
- STERLING, GEORGE
- Format/Binding
- BAL 18797; Mattila A25
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth slightly worn; fine copy in the original printed dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- San Francisco: A. M. Robertson, 1921
- Date Published
- 1921
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About the Seller
The Brick Row Book Shop
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San Francisco, California
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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