New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (1975).. (1975).. Good. SIGNED BY STEPHEN SPENDER - Quarto, 10 inches high by 7-1/2 inches wide. Golden yellow cloth titled in black on the spine with a vignette illustration in black on the front cover, in a pictorial dust wrapper. The dust jacket is creased with minor wear and rubbing at the edges. 255 pages, with several pages of illustrations. From the collection of James Thurman Bass, Jr. with his bookplate on the front pastedown. The edges of the first and last few leaves are foxed. There are a couple of score marks to the bottom edge of the book. Good. <p>First American edition.<p>Signed by Stephen Spender on the half-title.

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Bookseller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 30119
Title: W.H. AUDEN: A TRIBUTE
Author: (Auden, W.H.). Spender, Stephen
Book Condition: Used - Good
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., (1975).
Date Published: (1975).
Keywords: LITERATURE; BIOGRAPHY; BIOGRAPHICAL; STEPHEN SPENDER; W.H. AUDEN; A TRIBUTE; FIRST AMERICAN EDITION; 1ST AMERICAN EDITION; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNATURE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY.

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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Foxed: Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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