THE DESERT MUSIC AND OTHER POEMS
by Williams, William Carlos
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, [1954].. Cloth and boards, paper spine label. A fine, virtually untouched copy in glassine wrapper and slipcase. First edition, limited issue. One of one hundred numbered copies, specially bound and signed by the author (of 111). An important collection, printing under the guise of the title "Work in Progress," the first form of Williams's immortal "Asphodel...." WALLACE A38b.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT45034
- Title
- THE DESERT MUSIC AND OTHER POEMS
- Author
- Williams, William Carlos
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1954].
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About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Glassine Wrapper
- A thin, partially transparent or translucent paper covering often used ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...