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The Sandpipers: selected poems, 1965-75
by Posner, David
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
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Baldwinsville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Gainesville, FL: The University Presses of Florida, 1976. First Edition & Limited Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hockney, David. Gainesville: The University Presses of Florida, 1976. First Edition. Signed and numbered by the author on the limitation page. Copy #80 of 100 copies. Frontis portrait of Posner by David Hockney. Octavo, 117 pp. Black cloth with gilt and gray, green jacket, greem slipcase. Fine book in a near fine jacket with only trace scuffing near one corner. Slipcase has a spine-top nick, some rubbing, and is Very Good +. Posner's stylish collection of poems was one of five manuscripts - out of more than 1,000 submitted - to win a contest initiated by Virginia Commonwealth University. L-31n
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- Bookseller
- Singularity Rare & Fine
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000476
- Title
- The Sandpipers: selected poems, 1965-75
- Author
- Posner, David
- Illustrator
- Hockney, David
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition & Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The University Presses of Florida
- Place of Publication
- Gainesville, FL
- Date Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 117
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Poetry, signed, First Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, Virginia Commonwealth University American
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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