New York: Modern Library, 1944. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Later printing.. New York: Modern Library, 1944. Later printing. Very Good/Very Good. Modern Library No. 101in unclipped dust jacket. Toledano binding no. 8. Clean rust colored cloth boards with black title box, gold lettering on cover and spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Clean Kent-style endpapers. Previous owner names (2) at top edge of half-title page. A few text pages have marginal notes and underlining. Edges are clean, with black top-stained upper page edges. 490 pages with index. Dust jacket is not price clipped (1.25 on front inside flap), has some shallow edge chipping (1/4" max) and slight age-toning. 360 titles listed on inside of jacket. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..

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Bookseller: Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 023409
Title: A Comprehensive Anthology of American Poetry
Author: Miscellaneous \(Compiled by Conrad Aiken\)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: Later printing.
Publisher: Modern Library
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1944
Keywords: AMERICAN POETRY, ANTHOLOGY, MODERN LIBRARY NO. 101
Bookseller catalogs: Poetry; Modern Library Editions;

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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...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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....
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Price Clipped: When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...

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