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The King's Henchman
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers Publishing, 1927. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Cimino. Fine first edition, First printing (B-B February 1927) of three plays by Millay.The top edge is very slightly faded and the fine paper label on spine has a light spot. jacket is VG , with small tape repairs to verso of front panel. Chip at bottom of front fold and the jacket is price clipped, but still a VG+ jacket. To quote Thomas Hardy, "there were two and only two great things in the United States: the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay and our 'recessional buildings." There may be a few others but St. Vincent Millay is pretty good. This is a very fine Millay collectible.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000368
- Title
- The King's Henchman
- Author
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
- Illustrator
- Cimino
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers Publishing
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Pages
- 132
- Keywords
- First edition First printing
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Oshtemo Book Sellers
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Kalamazoo, Michigan
About Oshtemo Book Sellers
Rare finds with an emphasis on fiction, art, and signed first-editions. Oshtemo Book Sellers has an eye for quality and quirk.
Glossary
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
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