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The Teeth of the Lion [The Poet of the Month] by Patchen, Kenneth - 1942

by Patchen, Kenneth

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The Teeth of the Lion [The Poet of the Month]

by Patchen, Kenneth

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Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1942, 1942 Very Good, owner's inscription/Very Good. First Edition. 8vo. 32 unnumbered pages. This is the less common issue in boards, limited to ca. 500 copies. The fragile jacket has one very small chip to the rear panel and two little tears to the bottom edge of the front. Printed by the George Grady Press in New York City.. 8vo. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.
  • Bookseller Wild Hills Books US (US)
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  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1942
  • Date Published 1942
  • Keywords POETRY
  • Size 8vo

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The Teeth of the Lion

The Teeth of the Lion

by Patchen, Kenneth

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Norfolk: New Directions, 1942. First Edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Near Fine. Wraps toned, unclipped (50 cents). Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Published as part of New Directions's "Poet of the Month" series.
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THE TEETH OF THE LION

by Patchen, Kenneth

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Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1942. Thin octavo in wraps. VG- condition. Rear cover is sunned. Closed tear on bottom of spine. Multiple small open tears on spine. Pages are age toned. Spine is brown with no text. 1225102. Rockville Non-Retail Listings.
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The Teeth of the Lion

by Patchen, Kenneth

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Norfolk, CT: New Directions; (1942). First Edition . Soft cover. Dust Jacket Included. Fine in plain stapled wraps, with a near fine dust jacket. The jacket is a little darkened on the spine. There was a simutaneous issue in boards and dust jacket. A very nice copy of this ephemeral item. A title in New Directions "Poet of the Month" series.
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The Teeth of the Lion

by PATCHEN, Kenneth

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New York: New Directions, 1942. Softcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Simultaneous wrappered issue in the Poet of the Month series. Stapled wrappers. Pages faintly yellow, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with a slightly tanned spine.
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New York: New Directions, 1942. Softcover. Near Fine/Good. First edition. Simultaneous wrappered issue in the Poet of the Month series. Stiff wrappers in dustwrapper. Near fine with the dustwrapper is split down the length of the spine, some browning to the covers.
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The Teeth of the Lion

The Teeth of the Lion

by Patchen, Kenneth

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New Directions, 1942. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" [32]pp., with saddle-stapled cardstock wraps and color printed dust jacket. Moderate shelfwear to covers; previous owner's blank bookplate and signature to ffep, else a Very Good copy. Issued in the Poet of the Month series.
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The Teeth of the Lion.

by PATCHEN, Kenneth

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Used - A little browning and use to spine; but a fresh, tight copy.
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Norfolk:: New Directions,, [1942].. First edition.. publisher's printed boards.. A little browning and use to spine; but a fresh, tight copy.. 8vo,.
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The Teeth of the Lion

by Patchen, Kenneth

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Norfolk, CT: The Poet of the Month - New Directions, 1942 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, with a Dust Jacket in Fair Condition, protected in a mylar cover. Statement in back reads "This Edition of The Teeth of the Lion was designed by the author in collaboration with William Candlewood and printed in October MCMXLII with Memphis and Bodoni types at the George Grady Press in New York City." Unpaginated, binding and hinges tight. Ownership on ffp, light foxing on preliminary pages, dj shows edge loss. BEAT POETRY.
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The Teeth Of The Lion

by Patchen, Kenneth

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Verse. (Norfolk, Ct.: The Poet of the Month/New Directions: Copyright 1942 by New Directions) Printed at the George Grady Press in New York City. Decorated wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 32. From the library of the notable late editor and poet Wilfred Frank Flexmore Hudson, with a few annotations and underlining, lightly in pencil, by Hudson. Spine and upper margin of front wrapper sunned; light bump to top corner of book; otherwise a fine copy.
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The Teeth of the Lion

The Teeth of the Lion

by Patchen, Kenneth

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very good
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New York: New Directions, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. First edition in stiff decorated boards. A poet of the Month Selection by New Directions. Very good condition with some foxing. The unclipped dustwrapper ($1.00) has small chips along the spine and is lightly soiled. Overall a solid copy.
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