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Poetry of the Pacific ; Selections and Original Poems from the Poets of the Pacific States 1867 [Hardcover]
by Wentworth, May (editor)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1299923909
- ISBN 13
- 9781299923904
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About This Item
Pacific Publishing Company, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. A very good copy in original brick-brown cloth. Slight rubbing and fraying to spine (chiefly at foot); slight stains and rubbing to covers; slight rubbing and bumping to corners; previous owner's pencil signature and inscription on first preliminary leaf; previous owner's rubberstamp on title page; slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to preliminaries and edges). 415 pages. Dated 1866 on title page verso. Contains selected verses by Ina Coolbrith, Lyman Goodman, Ralph Keeler, Edward Pollock, John R. Ridge, and others; plus 3 poems by editor Wentworth (and her preface). Provenance: 1) From the library of one Mrs E.B. Van Auken, Rome, Michigan; 2) From the Wilson Collection (with rubberstamp present).
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- Arundel Books of Seattle
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- L045376
- Title
- Poetry of the Pacific ; Selections and Original Poems from the Poets of the Pacific States 1867 [Hardcover]
- Author
- Wentworth, May (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1299923909
- ISBN 13
- 9781299923904
- Publisher
- Pacific Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1867
- Keywords
- Poetry Anthologies Mez American Literature 19th Century American Poetry Collection / 2 copies in WH, look at entry for which is which WHAR.924 WHAR.723, , , , , , ,
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