The Collected Poems of Padraic Colum
by Colum, Padraic
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Devin-Adair, 1953. Originally published by Macmillan in 1932; this is the revised edition, with additional poems but in an edition LIMITED to 1500 copies for the Irish Book Club. A Fine copy; gray cloth binding with green spine. Front cover has a blindstamped facsimile of Colum's signature in green; gilt lettering on the spine.Clean text; 214 pages, with Notes. The frontis portrait of Colum is from a painting by Jack B. Yeats. This copy has been SIGNED by Padraic Colum on the FFEP. The dustjacket is unclipped, with minor edgewear; There is a small chip to the head of the spine, else Near Fine condition. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. Limited.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good Plus.
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- Seller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 002625
- Title
- The Collected Poems of Padraic Colum
- Author
- Colum, Padraic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Edition
- Limited.
- 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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- Fine
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