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New Poems
by Drinkwater, John
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing.. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1925. First Edition, First Printing. Near Fine/Very Good+. First Edition, First Printing in clean original unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED by the author. Clean paper-covered boards with clean unchipped paper label on spine. No fraying or wear-through, very light bumping to corners. Binding is tight and square, hinges are sound - no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Tiny historical bookseller ticket from "Syracuse University Book Store" at bottom corner of front fixed endpaper. Signed by author on front free endpaper: "John Drinkwater - Syracuse - October 15, 1925." 64 pages. Clean dust jacket is unchipped, not price clipped (1.25 on front inside flap), has one 1-1/2" closed edge tear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. "In this, the latest volume of John Drinkwater's verse, we have the result of two years' concentrated work and the full maturity of one of England's most gifted poets. It is especially in the reflective quality of these fine lyrics that one is conscious of the steady increase in his range and power.".
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 026787
- Title
- New Poems
- Author
- Drinkwater, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- JOHN DRINKWATER, FIRST EDITION, NEW POEMS, POETRY, ENGLISH POETS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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Stanley, New York
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