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TILTED MOONS
by Damon, S. Foster
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good plus
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Good plus. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 90pp. INSCRIBED, "Inscribed with the best of friendships, to Merrill from Foster, April, 1930". Blue cloth with silver decorative stamping. Cloth faded on spine and edges, rubbing to spine ends. Toning to page edges.
Samuel Foster Damon (1893-1971) was a poet and Blake scholar, Brown University professor and producer of an annual Punch and Judy show for the The Annisquam Sea Fair.
Samuel Foster Damon (1893-1971) was a poet and Blake scholar, Brown University professor and producer of an annual Punch and Judy show for the The Annisquam Sea Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52123
- Title
- TILTED MOONS
- Author
- Damon, S. Foster
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
Lost Horizon Bookstore
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About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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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