Slick but Not Streamlined: Poems & Short Pieces
by Betjeman, John; Auden, W. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket toned, chipped, price clipped, musty, and tape repaired on the revers
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket toned, chipped, . price clipped, musty, and tape repaired on the reverse.. 1947. First Printing. Hardcover. Betjeman poems selected and with an introduction by W. H. Auden. Black cloth with silk ribbon place marker. Literary collection, often satirical in nature, selected to appeal to an American audience. Signed and dated by the Abstract Expressionist artist Alfonso A. Ossorio on the front free endpaper. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41799
- Title
- Slick but Not Streamlined: Poems & Short Pieces
- Author
- Betjeman, John; Auden, W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards rubbed, jacket toned, chipped, price clipped, musty, and tape repaired on the revers
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- John Betjeman
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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