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The Collected Poems of Padraic Colum
by Colum, Padraic
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Devin-Adair, 1953. Originally published by Macmillan in 1932. This is a Very Good (Plus) to Near Fine copy of a revised edition with new material. First Edition Thus. Gray linen cloth binding; green spine with gilt lettering. Clean text; 214 pages, with Notes. This copy has been SIGNED by the author on the FFEP (interestingly, the cover has a reproduction of his signature as part of its design; no extra charge for this bonus!). The dustjacket is unclipped, but is tanned (darker on spine), with some chipping on the edges (there is one larger - 1" - chip to the head of the spine). In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Thus.. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002573
- Title
- The Collected Poems of Padraic Colum
- Author
- Colum, Padraic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Thus.
- Publisher
- Devin-Adair
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1953
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Gilt
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- FFEP
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- Chipping
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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