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by Menashe, Samuel
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1974. First edition. 1/4 cloth over paper boards in printed dust jacket. 118 pp. Not quite minimalist poetry, but tight, short, and vivid. This copy is signed in black ink by Menashe on the half-title page. Spine of jacket is sunned and the book has a very slight spine tilt at top (in removable archival protective covers). A surprisingly nice copy; uncommon signed.
Poetry Magazine awarded Menashe the first "Neglected Poets Award". He lived in NYC, where he lived and taught much of his life. Menashe Is one of only three authors honored while living by The Library of America with a volume of poems, along with with Brooks and Ashbery.
Poetry Magazine awarded Menashe the first "Neglected Poets Award". He lived in NYC, where he lived and taught much of his life. Menashe Is one of only three authors honored while living by The Library of America with a volume of poems, along with with Brooks and Ashbery.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65189
- Title
- TO OPEN
- Author
- Menashe, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...