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Plain Song
by Harrison, Jim
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Good
- Seller
-
Livingston, Montana, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Norton, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Good. Signed and inscribed to Harrison's old friends, Pat and Vesper Paton, on free front endpaper. Octavo (21.5 cm), pp. 69. Green cloth with gilt spine titling, author's facsimile signature blind-stamped on upper board. Off-white jacket with charcoal drawing. Jacket is discolored with moderate edgewear, tape residue on front pastedown, as though a news clipping had been attached. Boards have faint stain and sunning. Plain Song is Harrison's first collection of poetry, his first published work in book form. Front flap is clipped at bottom, as indicated in Orr & Torrey, A1.b.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Elk River Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 36886
- Title
- Plain Song
- Author
- Harrison, Jim
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1965
Terms of Sale
Elk River Books
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
Elk River Books
Biblio member since 2010
Livingston, Montana
About Elk River Books
Elk River Books offers a curated selection of used and collectible books, specializing in outdoor literature, western history and authors from the Rocky Mountain West.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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