West of Your City
by William Stafford
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair/Poor
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Los Gatos, California: The Talisman Press, 1960. First Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair/Poor. Newton Baird [title-page]. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper "for Linda ["Miss _______" in many a good class] Prof. William Stafford". I could not quite make out the last name in the inscription, early signature by Stafford. Boards covered in patterned dark blue, white and red paper printed by Robert Greenwood, with a black linen spine, paper label on spine with title, Mimbres-style blue and orange leaping fish on title-page, off white dust jacket printed in red and black, price on front flap $5.00, one of 350 hardbound copies, Pirie A3. Clean unmarked copy, solid binding, very nice. The fragile dust jacket has dampstains, chips at spine ends, spine panel and along top edge of rear panel, tears have been repaired on the back side with archival document tape. Although the dj is only fair to poor it has done its job of protecting the book. Stafford's first collection of poems. Photos on request.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011094
- Title
- West of Your City
- Author
- William Stafford
- Illustrator
- Newton Baird [title-page]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair/Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Talisman Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Gatos, California
- Date Published
- 1960
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- POEMS POETRY POETIC WORKS
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