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THE BARE HILLS
by Winters, Yvor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/Near fine
- Seller
-
Santa Barbara, California, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Four Seas Press, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. First edition. Hardcover. 12mo. 62pp. Limited to 500 copies. Offered here together are two copies of the book: The first copy is INSCRIBED by Winters "For ALLEN TATE, most Christian of philosophers, from Yvor Winters." It is in poor condition with the spine worn off, the front board, the fly leaf (with the inscription) and half-title are detached, but it is a nice association. The second copy is in near fine condition with a near fine dust jacket. Gilt stamped grey paper covered boards with paper spine label. Some mild toning/ offsetting to end papers. Dust jacket has mild toning to edges. This copy from the library of Joshua Odell, has a penciled note indicating that it was given to him by Winter's wife, author Janet Lewis. The two copies are housed in a custom folding box with a paper spine label.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Horizon Bookstore
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 52181
- Title
- THE BARE HILLS
- Author
- Winters, Yvor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Four Seas Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Association copy, Allen Tate
Terms of Sale
Lost Horizon Bookstore
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. We do not accept overseas orders for some countries and for some large and expensive items.
About the Seller
Lost Horizon Bookstore
Biblio member since 2010
Santa Barbara, California
About Lost Horizon Bookstore
We are a small, open shop in Santa Barbara and have been in the same location for over 30 years. We have a select inventory of used and rare books. We also carry original posters and prints, vintage photographs and ephemera. Open Tues.- Sat. 11-6, closed Sunday & Monday.
Glossary
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
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