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THE DIALOGUES - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Posner, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of five copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by Posner on the colophon. Octavo (25cm); red woven velveteen cloth-covered boards, with title labels mounted to spine and front cover; publisher's original acetate dustjacket, [14],15-58,[6]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. The only collection of the New York poet's work to be published by the press. This binding is not noted by the bibliographers, who call for a binding in half blue cloth and red paper-covered boards. cf.Morrow & Cooney 71b.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6336
- Title
- THE DIALOGUES - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
- Author
- Posner, David
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1969
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- New
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- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
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