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Apalache
by Metcalf, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- very good +/very good +
- Seller
-
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley: Turtle Island Foundation, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. very good +/very good +. Berkeley: Turtle Island Foundation, 1976. 178pp, 8vo. First Edition. Inscribed by Metcalf to Jargon Society founder Jonathan Williams on first free end paper, "April, 1976 / For Jonathan, cheers! Paul Metcalf." A very good + copy in a very good + jacket. Designed and printed by Clifford Burke. Pictorial boards. Text block foxed. Jacket spine sunned, covers have a few spots of light soiling.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old New York Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47731
- Title
- Apalache
- Author
- Metcalf, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Turtle Island Foundation
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1976
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Old New York Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Atlanta, Georgia
About Old New York Book Shop
The Old New York Book Shop was founded in 1971. I was located at 1069 Juniper St in Atlanta for more than 25 years. After the advent of the internet I moved to my home. I am a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America). All books are returnable for any reason within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. Books are described in adherence to the strict code of ethics and professionalism employed by the ABAA.
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- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
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