THE THICKET OF SPRING: POEMS 1926-1969 - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Bowles, Paul
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1972. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of 5 copies specially bound and designated for use by the author, publisher, and those within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author. Octavo (24.25cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and orange ribbed cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [8],9-56,[4]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Collection of poems written over four decades, several of which first appeared in the pages of The Messenger, Morada, The Virginia Spectator, This Quarter, and Pagany, et al. Miller A21c.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6531
- Title
- THE THICKET OF SPRING: POEMS 1926-1969 - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
- Author
- Bowles, Paul
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1972
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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