Wei Wei and Other Friends
by Simpson, Louis
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine copy
- ISBN 10
- 0930126300
- ISBN 13
- 9780930126308
- Seller
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Francestown, New Hampshire, United States
2 Copies Available from This Seller
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About This Item
Francestown: Typographeum, 1990. Limited private press edition. First edition. Wrappers. Fine copy. Illustrated by Robert White. 24 pages sewn into overlapping wrappers with a printed label on front. 200 copies hand-set, printed letterpress and bound by R. T. Risk. Numbered and signed by the poet. Illustrated by Robert White. Louis Simpson was a leading American poet. Born in Jamaica, he came to the United States, studied at Columbia University, and saw combat in World War II. In 1964 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry. The poems in this collection are chiefly narrative.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Typographeum Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00603166
- Title
- Wei Wei and Other Friends
- Author
- Simpson, Louis
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Robert White
- Format/Binding
- Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine copy
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- Limited private press edition. First edition
- ISBN 10
- 0930126300
- ISBN 13
- 9780930126308
- Publisher
- Typographeum
- Place of Publication
- Francestown
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Typographeum. R. T. Risk. Private Press. Letterpress printing.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Typographeum;
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The Typographeum Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Typographeum Bookshop
Biblio member since 2007
Francestown, New Hampshire
About The Typographeum Bookshop
The Typographeum Bookshop was founded in 1976 and offers a small stock of books with a special emphasis on British and European literature, as well as fine foreign films. In addition, I was a private press printer who published a variety of books using the technique of letterpress developed by Gutenberg in the 15th Century. Please visit my website, https://typographeum.us, for much more information, as well as pictures of my shop, both inside and out.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...