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Pictures From an Institution
by Jarrell, Randall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 9997405889
- ISBN 13
- 9789997405883
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition. Signed by Randall Jarrell, inscribed on behalf of his second wife and children on front free endpaper to his friend Harvard literary scholar Herschel Baker and his family. Bound in publisher's turquoise cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Near Fine in about Very Good dust jacket. Jacket spine panel sunned, head chipped, worn along edges with some tears along fold of front panel repaired with archival mending tissue on verso, unclipped ($3.50).
Jarrell's only novel, an academic satire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 160503004
- Title
- Pictures From an Institution
- Author
- Jarrell, Randall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 9997405889
- ISBN 13
- 9789997405883
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- academic satire, signed, inscribed Herschel baker, Harvard, poetry, poet
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Sunned
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- Inscribed
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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
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- Edges
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