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THE FORMS OF POETRY. A Pocket Dictionary of Verse. Inscribed by Louis Untermeyer.
by Untermeyer, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition/Very good- condition (DJ)
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co, 1926. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 166 pages of text including a summarized bibliography and an index of authors quoted. Blue hardcover cloth binding with printed paper spine label with slightest of shelfwear to extremities. Dustjacket is slightly rubbed at the extremities, darkened with sunning at spine, with tiny chips at spine extremities; overall somewhat age-toned; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed on the front endpaper "for Charlotte R. Fisher, Sincerely [signed] Louis Untermeyer. 1929." Previous owner's name and address descreetly on front endpaper. Louis Untermeyer (1885-1977). Autograph..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002985
- Title
- THE FORMS OF POETRY. A Pocket Dictionary of Verse. Inscribed by Louis Untermeyer.
- Author
- Untermeyer, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very good- condition (DJ)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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