Aflame and Afun of Walking Faces: Fables and Drawings
by PATCHEN, Kenneth
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: New Directions, 1970. First Edition. Second Issue, one of under 1,000 copies. Octavo (20.75cm); beige cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [vi],87,[3]pp; illus. Gilt just slightly dulled, else Fine in a Fine, unclipped dustjacket (priced $5.00). Sharp copy of the cloth issue of this collection of fables illustrated by Patchen. The end matter includes "How Fables Tapped Along the Sunken Corridors," by Jonathan Williams (reprinted from Jargon 6). MORGAN A38b.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56098
- Title
- Aflame and Afun of Walking Faces: Fables and Drawings
- Author
- PATCHEN, Kenneth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
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