The Improved Binoculars
by Irving Layton
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good +/No Jacket
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Highlands, NC: Jonathan Williams, 1956 Jonathan Williams, Highlands, NC. Autumn 1956. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Edition of 500 copies. Jargon Book 18 by Jonathan Williams. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a F/O name on the FFFP. Book Condition: Good +; sunfades spine with repaired paper damage on spine; light edgewear; bumping to rear upper corner. No DJ. Pictorial card stock French wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 106 pp 8vo. The 87 poems in this book are selected from ten years and eight volumes of work which have established Irving Layton as Canada's most controversial poet. Laid-in is a Borderguard trifold brochure of avant-garde materials from small presses and magazines. A clean very presentable copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016332
- Title
- The Improved Binoculars
- Author
- Irving Layton
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Jonathan Williams
- Place of Publication
- Highlands, NC
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- poetry, poets, Irving Layton, Canadian poets,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Items;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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