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A WAVE
by Ashbery, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0670751766
- ISBN 13
- 9780670751761
- Seller
-
Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, (1984).. (1984).. Very good. INSCRIBED TO DAVID LEAVITT AND SIGNED BY JOHN ASHBERY - Octavo, blue boards backed with black cloth in a dust wrapper. The dust jacket is foxed internally & there is a short tear & creasing to the top corner of its rear panel at the head of the spine. vi & 89 pages. There is light foxing to the pastedowns & endpapers with a small stain to the rear pastedown. There is a tiny black mark to page 58. The book has a very slight musty odor. Very good.
First edition.
A nice gay association, inscribed on the title page in the year of publication to David Leavitt, author of "The Lost Language of Cranes": "for David Leavitt / with my best / John Ashbery / May 1, 1984".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31920
- Title
- A WAVE
- Author
- Ashbery, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670751766
- ISBN 13
- 9780670751761
- Publisher
- New York: The Viking Press, (1984).
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (1984).
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; AMERICAN POET; A WAVE; JOHN ASHBERY; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; GAY ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN AUTHOR; DAVID LEAVITT; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.
Terms of Sale
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Cloth
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- Title Page
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- Octavo
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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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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