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Spare Parts
by Ford, Charles Henri
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Athens, Greece: A New View Book, 1966. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio (10"x14"). Unpaginated. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Several scuffs to covers; edgewear. Chip missing from middle of spine, light chipping to spine extremes, chipping to inner edges of covers. Missing dust jacket, covered in protective mylar by seller. Original off-set lithography to varied color papers. Collection of concrete poems Ford called "Poem Posters", published in the year following his NY exhibition of the same name. Association copy belonging to the poet & publisher of The Jargon Society, Jonathan Williams. Inscribed "fondly for Jonathan & Tom/20xi93" & initialed to ffep. Limited edition of 950 copies. This is a Hors de Commerce copy, numbered "LC" & flat signed to colophon. Rare issue, self-published artist book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3231
- Title
- Spare Parts
- Author
- Ford, Charles Henri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first printing
- Publisher
- A New View Book
- Place of Publication
- Athens, Greece
- Date Published
- 1966
- Bookseller catalogs
- Printmaking; Art;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Downtown Books & News
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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