Sand and Foam
by Gibran, Kahlil
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1927. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed limited first edition. Copy #A of five lettered copies printed on rag paper, issued alongside a limitation of 95 numbered copies and signed by Kahlil Gibran. Publisher's patterned foil covered boards over ochre spine cloth. Rubbing to covers, and edges rubbed through. Spine cloth darkened and lightly worn at the edges. The first page of text has been roughly cut and is jagged along the fore edge. Perhaps the best possible copy obtainable of this title--the very first of five lettered copies in a limitation of 100 total, signed by Kahlil Gibran.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 180416002
- Title
- Sand and Foam
- Author
- Gibran, Kahlil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Signed Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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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- Cloth
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- 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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...