Homage to Clio
by AUDEN, W H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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DUNEDIN, Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
Faber and Faber 1960. FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine & edges)
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- Bookseller
- Hard To Find Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 320300
- Title
- Homage to Clio
- Author
- AUDEN, W H
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber 1960
- Keywords
- first editions poetry poems verse literature W H Auden
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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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...