What Are Years by Moore, Marianne - 1941

The University of Texas at San Antonio / Institute of Texan Cultures, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Illustrated paper boards. Slight lean to spine. Corners bumped, extremities lightly rubbed. Dust jacket has a few rubbed areas. Review copy.

Macmillan. Collectible - Good. 1941, 1st. Blue-grey cloth covers are slightly darkened at edges and spotted. Wear to corners and spine ends. Interior is clean and sound. Dust jacket is worn, w/chips to top front corner and to spine heel. 2 inch tear and creases to top front dj near spine.

New York: Macmillan, 1941. First Edition. Blue cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 54 pp., including notes. Somewhat uncommon: the bibliographer reports 1251 sold, and the book went out-of-print within the year. Nevertheless among the poems are favorites like "He 'Digesteth Harde Yron'", "The Pangolin" and the title poem. A much nicer than usual copy: sunned at extremities, end papers lightly toed as usual, with a note in pencil of four poems not in "Collected"; in a front flap clipped (front flap, top and bottom, as are all copies we have seen) dust jacket, with the price ($1.50) still present, worn with small loss at corners, but still close to very good (in removable archival protective covers). Abbott A6.

New York: Macmillan, 1941. First Edition. Blue cloth in dust jacket; 8vo. 54 pp., including notes. Somewhat uncommon (published during the war years, paper being scarce): the bibliographer reports 1251 sold, and the book went out-of-print within the year. Nevertheless among the poems are favorites like "He 'Digesteth Harde Yron'", "The Pangolin" and the title poem. Abbott A6. A very good copy, blue topstain, very lightly faded, the preliminary pages unevenly toned as usual; in a fragile near very good dust jacket with some loss especially to the bottom of the spine. Front flap deeply clipped as are all copies we have seen, but with the price remaining ($1.50). (in removable archival protective covers).

New York: Macmillan Company, 1941. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Small, attractive bookplate front pastedown, slight sunning and a little wear on the boards, very good lacking the dustwrapper. A scarce and fragile wartime book.

WHAT ARE YEARS, Macmillan, 1941, first edition., vg+ in vg dust-wrapper with some wear and tear.

New York: Macmillan Company, 1941. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Bottom of the spine a trifle bumped, else fine in a lightly rubbed, very good or better dustwrapper with light edgewear. A better than usual copy of a scarce and fragile wartime book.