As from a Minaret: a Book of Sonnets
by Watson, Evelyn M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
North Tonawanda, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Boston: Bruce Humphries. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936. First Edition. SIGNED by author on ffep with short gift inscription. The first word on the page is next to a roughly 2'' inkblot that is mirrored on the pastedown. Small previous owner name lower down on ffep. Purple cloth covered boards with gilt title and lightly sunned spine. Spine ends lightly bumped. Mild edgewear. Binding sound, text clean. Pages lightly age toned. An uncommon book of poetry by a prominent Buffalo, NY writer. ; 8vo, hardcover, 326 pages. ; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5793
- Title
- As from a Minaret: a Book of Sonnets
- Author
- Watson, Evelyn M
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bruce Humphries
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Signed, Poetry, Poems, Buffalo, New York, Ny, Sonnets
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Old Editions Inc.
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About the Seller
Old Editions Inc.
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North Tonawanda, New York
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- Cloth
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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...
- Jacket
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- 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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