POETRY AND THE AGE
by Jarrell, Randall
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Yarmouthport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York:Alfred A. Knopf, 1953. First Edition. hard cover. Very Good/Good. New York:Alfred A. Knopf. 1953. 1st edition. x+271pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Black boards just slightly soiled and shelfworn with gilt on spine still bright. Internally, a previous owners name and date inked to top outside edge of 1st free end-page, with a few penciled margin notes or penciled underlining, otherwise a very good, clean copy. The dust jacket is lightly soiled with wear and chipping to edges and a tear to rear hinge, otherwise still near very good. It is not price clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Parnassus Book Service
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24660
- Title
- POETRY AND THE AGE
- Author
- Jarrell, Randall
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- New York:Alfred A. Knopf
- Date Published
- 1953
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; POETRY; RANDALL JARRELL
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About the Seller
Parnassus Book Service
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Yarmouthport, Massachusetts
About Parnassus Book Service
Ben Muse began selling books from the former Knowles General Store in 1959. Now in our third generation, we are a famiy-run, general book store selling new and old (often rare) books as well as issuing specialty catalogs on a variety of subjects: Americana, Latin America, Maritime, Art, the Orient and a variety of other subjects. If you can't find what you are looking for here on the web, please contact us directly at our Yarmouthport shop -- or better yet stop by to browse and talk. We look forward to seeing you.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Price Clipped
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