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Venus Like Fire on Water ( Signed by Author )
by SUMMERS John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Christchurch: Pisces Print, 1985 dust jacket lightly aged or soiled, 57 of 150 copies numbered, signed to half title by author, 32pp hand set on laid paper, nice Private Press edition printed by Nag's Head Press for Pisces Print, near fine condition excepting some flecking to cloth spine. Signed by Author. First Edition. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6? - 7? tall. limited edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013232
- Title
- Venus Like Fire on Water ( Signed by Author )
- Author
- SUMMERS John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pisces Print
- Place of Publication
- Christchurch
- Date Published
- 1985
- Keywords
- Nag's Head Press Private Press Hand Printed Limited Edition Signed by Author Poetry John Summers New Zealand
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY;
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About Fortuna Books
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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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