Copper Sun
by Cullen, Countee
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1927. Book. Illus. by Charles Cullen. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xii + 89 pp, previous owner's bookplate insidde fr pastedown, used bookstore stamp at bottom hinge ffep, 5 titled sections of short poems. binding tight, pages clean, unmarked, paper slightly age-toned, 5.25" x 7.7" boards, black cloth backed spine with paper title laid on, & marbled paper boards. Top edge boards nicked, all four forecorners worn to boards. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009468
- Title
- Copper Sun
- Author
- Cullen, Countee
- Illustrator
- Charles Cullen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York and London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Keywords
- Countee Cullen (born Countee LeRoy Porter; May 30, 1903 - January 9, 1946) - Harlem Renaissance poet
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
West Side Book Shop, Located in downtown Ann Arbor, was established in 1975 by Jay Platt, a member of the ABAA. West Side Book Shop offers a wide selection of used and rare books.
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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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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