Arachne
by Wilder, Amos
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Garrison, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1928. First edition. Very good. 8vo, 85pp. Tan boards with title in black on front cover and spine. Spine is chipped at top and slightly sunned. Internally, evenly toned, especially at end papers. Inscribed by the author to Ruth Dillard, and dated Cambridge, 1929, and followed by a handwritten poem. The author was Hollis Professor of Divinity (Harvard Divinity School) and brother of American playwright, Thornton Wilder.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11946
- Title
- Arachne
- Author
- Wilder, Amos
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- POETRY;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- First Edition
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- Sunned
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