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Things of This World [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
by WILBUR, Richard
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, 1956. First Edition. First Printing. Signed bookplate loosely laid-in. Octavo (21.5 cm); aqua cloth covered boards titled in black on spine; dustjacket; 50pp; toning to the board edges, Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00) with several short tears along the extremities; Very Good+.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award for 1957.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award for 1957.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52989
- Title
- Things of This World [Signed Bookplate Laid-in]
- Author
- WILBUR, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1956
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
All items are offered subject to prior sale. Orders must be prepaid, though billing may be arranged for institutions and customers with established credit. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order, Paypal or by valid credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover). Any item may be returned within 10 days of receipt for full refund. Signed and manuscript items carry an unlimited guarantee of authenticity.
About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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