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The Mooring of Starting Out (Signed and with a Signed Publisher Photograph)
by Ashbery, John
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine
- Seller
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Avon, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Hopewell, NJ: The Ecco Press, 1997. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/near fine. Clothbound octavo in dustwrapper. 391 pp. Stated first edition with complete number row on the copyright page. This book contans the first five books of poetry by Ashbery starting with Some Trees. A handsome near fine copy in price-intact dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Also, laid in to this copy is a promotional photograph of Ashbery for the publicatiion of his collection Wakefulness. Ashbery has SIGNED and dated this photo 9/22/99. Sold together here with this book.
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- Bookseller
- Derringer Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34540
- Title
- The Mooring of Starting Out (Signed and with a Signed Publisher Photograph)
- Author
- Ashbery, John
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- The Ecco Press
- Place of Publication
- Hopewell, NJ
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Poetry, Signed, Signed Photograph
- Bookseller catalogs
- New York School Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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Derringer Books
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Avon, Connecticut
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