Kicking the Leaves
by Hall, Donald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Harper & Row Publishers, 1978. 1st Edition. Quarter Cloth & Paper Covered. Very Good Plus/Very Good Minus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Large. 58pp. First edition with wrapper. Light bump to one corner and a slight bump to another corner. Slight soiling to the front fore edge of the board. Slightest of upper fore edge foxing. Faint ghosting to the front paste down where a previous owners bookplate appears to have been. Clean and tight. Dust wrapper not price clipped with slight fading to the spine of the wrapper. Short tear of 1.5 cm and one of 1 cm to the head of the wrapper with slight associated creasing, expertly repaired. No loss. Light shelf wear to the wrapper edges. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 219714
- Title
- Kicking the Leaves
- Author
- Hall, Donald
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Cloth & Paper Covered
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Minus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1978
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POETRY
Terms of Sale
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- Bookplate
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- Shelf Wear
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- Spine
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- Fore Edge
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
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