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London: Jonathan Cape, 1936. First edition. Good.. Slim octavo. Dark blue cloth, gilt spine. Frontis portrait from a drawing by Francis Dodd. First edition. Preface by his brother, Laurence Housman, who was under orders by A. E. to destroy his notebooks after his death -- which L. H. did, but not before making a list of their contents. Neat gift inscription and faint erased name and date on front free endsheet, boards rubbed, spine sunned, gilt dulled on first letter "M" on upper panel, otherwise a good clean copy without a dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Second Wind Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 483
- Title
- MORE POEMS
- Author
- HOUSMAN, A. E
- Book Condition
- Used - Good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Published posthumously
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About Second Wind Books LLC
Second Wind Books is committed to offering important British and American first editions in the Modernist vein, with an emphasis on books about books, books by and about women and adjacent admirers. Literature, poetry, small and fine press, letters and manuscripts, original artwork, photographs, are what interests us most. Our founder began bookselling under the tutelage of a truly great bookman in 2006, and is now offering that learned expertise in her own shop. Interested in offers of literature from 1900 to 1950, either for sale or to evaluate.
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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