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Riverhead
by Hillyer, Robert
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Seller
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Modesto, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1932. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. 3-ring binder. Cover Art; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed, with a decent sized inscription on the half title page. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is an inked previous owner's name on the front endpaper, and again on the front free page. The dust jacket has several small edge nicks, tears, and spots of rubbing and wear, along with edge chips missing to the spine ends, especially the top front spine joint . The spine of the book is somewhat sunned. "In 1919, Hillyer described himself as “a conservative and religious poet in a radical and blasphemous age." In 1934, he received a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his book The Collected Verse of Robert Hillyer. His work is in meter and often rhyme and he tended to write about death, love and nature. He is known for his sonnets and for poems such as "Theme and Variations" (on his war experiences) and the light "Letter to Robert Frost." " (from Wikipedia) ; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A46031
- Title
- Riverhead
- Author
- Hillyer, Robert
- Illustrator
- F. M.
- Format/Binding
- 3-ring binder
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition; 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Modern Fiction First Edition, Robert Hillyer, Philosphy, Travel, Rivers, Psychology, Psychological Fiction, Signed Edition
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
Biblio member since 2003
Modesto, California
About S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)
S. Howlett-West Books was established in 1996, but the owner, Stephanie has been in the book business for over 30 years. Besides her full time work as a book dealer, she writes articles on the subject of Science Fiction for several trade magazines. She is a collector and reader of first edition science fiction in her spare time.
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- Jacket
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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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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