Recent Arrivals from 20 Ants Fine Books, IOBA
Recent Arrivals from 20 Ants Fine Books, IOBA
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A Christmas Carol : In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
by Dickens, Charles [Signed by Cedric Charles Dickens]
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Elvendon Press
- Published
- 1986
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£20.19
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Goring-on-Thames: Elvendon Press. Near Fine. 1986. Elvendon Press. Hardcover. Head corners of the boards are bumped, probably in the making.; This is Charles Dickens' classic novella, ostensibly a ghost story about Christmas time, but with a parallel meaning. It depicts Victorian English oppression and exploitation of the poor, and the opportunity for oppressors to come to their senses and mend… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Sammelband] Portrait Painting : Old Articles
by Various authors and artists
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- Used - Very Good-
- Edition
- Unique Copy
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- 1880s-1890s
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£24.23
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Private Printing. Very Good-. 1880s-1890s. Unique Copy. Hardcover. All extremities rubbed. Larger, rubbed area of the spine at the tail. Paper covers rubbed at corners. Overall foxing to the free endpapers. Joints cracked, but holding well. Very occasional, light pencil notations.; This is a Sammelband that assembles twenty-four articles about Victorian portrait painters and photographers, all… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pathways to Manhood : Young Black Males Struggle for Identity
by Billson, Janet Mancini
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- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- Second Revised Edition
- Published
- 1996
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- Paperback
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£12.11
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New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. Very Good+. 1996. Second Revised Edition. Paperback. Noticeable bow to text block.; The book follows five boys as they grow and strive in Roxbury, Massachusetts in the racial and political turmoil of the late 60s and early 70s. In socially and physically decaying environments they developed different styles of coping with adversity. Despite some commonalities, they… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Prophets Really Prophesy As Mystics. The Commentators Merely By Statistics : A New Poem by Robert Frost
by Robert Frost
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 1962
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- Brochure
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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New York: The Spiral Press. Fine. 1962. Brochure. One of the various little booklets printed by The Spiral Press, this copy is a Christmas keepsake with an additional preliminary page, printed thus: "Greetings / Christmas / 1962 / From Robert Frost". This was Frost's short poem about the push and pull of nature, and mystic belief vs. science. "In other… Read more about this item Item Price
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What You Know With No Name For It
by Abbott, Keith
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1976
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- Softcover
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- 1
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£32.30
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San Francisco: Cranium Press. Fine. 1976. Limited Edition. Softcover. Keith Abbott's wide-ranging poem that bounces through successive observations about himself and life. Boldly inscribed by Abbott to Kenward Elmslie, on the front endpaper in elaborate calligraphic script using a chisel-point pen. "The Ken- / ward / Elmslie / Copy / (a calligraphic flourish) / Keith" Provenance: From the library and… Read more about this item Item Price
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How To Be A Woodpecker
by Padgett, Ron, and Winkfield, Trevor
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited/Numbered Signed Edition
- Published
- 1983
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£24.23
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West Branch (Iowa): Toothpaste Press. Fine. 1983. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Softcover. Faint, small scuffing to the matte finished wraps.; This collaboration between author and artist has five short, non-rhyming poems by Ron Padgett, each with a facing page having an utterly quirky illustration by Trevor Winkfield. Yes, woodpeckers and woodpecker society are occasionally involved. This is copy 78 of a… Read more about this item Item Price
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Little Mysteries
by Mikolowski, Ken
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- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1979
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- Softcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£32.30
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West Branch, Iowa: Toothpaste Press. Fine. 1979. Limited Edition. Softcover. Seven, tiny poems, each creating a scenario for a mystery. Example: "You return to / your bedroom / visibly shaken / as you turn down / the covers a cobra / leaps for your throat / paralyzed you collapse // you are no longer suspect". Each is… Read more about this item Item Price
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Erratics
by Eshleman, Clayton
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Limited Edition
- Published
- 2000
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- Softcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£12.11
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Rosendale, NY: Hunger Press. Near Fine. 2000. Limited Edition. Softcover. Seventy-eight short poems, some as short as a single line and thus begging the question 'what is poetry?' Some surreal, some straightforward, all juxtaposed and unrelated, and all representative of Clayton Eshleman's free verse style. Written in 1986-2000 when the poet was Professor Emeritus at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Yes Virginia (Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus) : The Classic, New York Sun Answer Made To The Question "Is There A Santa Claus?"
by Church, Francis Pharcellus
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- Used - Very Good
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- Limited/Numbered Signed Edition
- Published
- 1939
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- Hardcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£40.38
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Norwich, New York: Private Printing. Very Good. 1939. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Hardcover. Some splay to the front cover and a slight roll to the spine. The title label was applied at a slight angle. The glassine wrapper has a couple of nicks. The box is darkened with wear to the extremities.; In 1897, young Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Broadsides] Roycroft Printed Mottos, 12 total
by Hubbard, Elbert
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- Used - Fine
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- Reprint
- Published
- 1929
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- Broadside
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- 1
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£12.11
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New York, NY: William H. Wise. Fine. 1929. Reprint. Broadside. Some leaves have slight binding perforations at the left edge.; Twelve of Elbert Hubbard's mottos, or "epigrams," as he would sometimes call them. Each motto printed in an Arts and Crafts style: text within a graphic frame with decorative borders, some styled after similar borders by … Read more about this item Item Price
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Three Centuries Passed : The Fitzhugh Family
by Fitzhugh, Marie
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- Used - Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket
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- Limited/Numbered Signed Edition
- Published
- 1975
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- Hardcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£12.11
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San Antonio, TX: Naylor Company. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1975. Limited/Numbered Signed Edition. Hardcover. Dust jacket is sunned on the spine with lettering still contrasting well, slightly sun-darkened fore and head edges, a tiny nick to the front and several to the head edge of the back.; Both a history and genealogy, this book starts… Read more about this item Item Price
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[Poetry Broadsides] Twowindows Folio VI
by Blazek, McCord, McDonald, Ramsey, Wagner, Wild
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- Used - Very Good+
- Published
- 1970
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- Broadside
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£16.15
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San Francisco: Twowindows Press. Very Good+. 1970. Broadside. Some broadsides have very light, shallow creasing from handling. Folder has creasing and bumped corners, quite common to these.; Six poetry broadsides, printed on the recto, by authors Douglas Blazek (Figuring Things Out, 1970). Blazek was the founder of Open Skull Press and was one of the driving… Read more about this item Item Price
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Poems for the Pagan Heart
by Greenwood, Lorelei
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- Used - Fine
- Published
- 2016
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- Softcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£8.08
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Lexington, KY: CreateSpace Publishing. Fine. 2016. Softcover. Poems, hymns, and chants celebrating Pagan views of life, earth, and nature. Fifty-three works are grouped under these Chapters: Samhain, Yule, Imbolic, Ostara, Beltane, Midsummer, Lughnasadh, Mabon, Goddess and God, and Various. Author signed "Lorelei" in green ink on the title page. The author lives in Maine and had… Read more about this item Item Price
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Asteros Polyp
by Mazzucchelli, David
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- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
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- First Edition; Fourth Printing
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- 2009
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- Hardcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£20.19
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New York: Pantheon Books. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 2009. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Slight rub to spine tail. Faintest marring to the surface of the paper belly band.; This veteran cartoonist's first graphic novel is Asterios Polyp's "...search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions." It's his life presented in graphic fashion. The… Read more about this item Item Price
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Wood Flower
by Le Gallienne, Richard (Richard Thomas Gallienne)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Limited Edition
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- (1947)
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- Softcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£24.23
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Madison, NJ: Brayers Club. Near Fine. (1947). Limited Edition. Softcover. Tiny nicks to the head edge of the front wrap.; This tiny book contains a facsimile of the holograph manuscript of Wood Flower, a 2-verse poem by Richard Le Gallienne. The narrator finds a flower growing in the woods and wishes to pluck it. Comparing the flower… Read more about this item Item Price
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Prospectus for Hacienda, with checklist of Previous Publications of Harrison of Paris
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- Used - Near Fine
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- c.1934
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- Booklet
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£12.11
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New York, NY: Harrison of Paris. Near Fine. c.1934. Booklet. The lightest, short crease at the tail fore corner and at the spine head.; Monroe Wheeler and Barbara Harrison Westcott founded Harrison of Paris in 1930. They issued 12 publications from their Paris press before moving to New York, NY and issuing their final book: Hacienda :… Read more about this item Item Price
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Three Years of the Manticora Press
by (Neal F. Grenley)
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- Used - Near Fine
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- Limited/Numbered Edition
- Published
- 1969
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£12.11
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Princeton, New Jersey: The Manticora Press. Near Fine. 1969. Limited/Numbered Edition. Softcover. Tiny, closed tears to the head edge of the wraps, adjacent to the spine head. Just a bit of wear to the spine tail.; The bibliography of this tiny ephemeral press that produced 3 books; two previous books and this one. Founded in 1967 by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Philosophy of Limited Editions
by Le Gallienne, Richard (Richard Thomas Gallienne)
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- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
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- Limited Edition
- Published
- 1929
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- Softcover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£24.23
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Westport: Privately Printed. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1929. Limited Edition. Softcover. Faintest sunning to the edges of the wraps. Tail corner of front wrap has tiny, light crease.; The author's essay on why limited editions should exist in the wide world of publishing, reading, and collecting. "Why do the heathen so furiously rage against limited… Read more about this item Item Price
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Indiana Stonecarver : The Story of Thomas R. Reding
by Nolan, Ann and Buckley, Keith
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- Used - Very Good+ with no dust jacket
- Published
- 1984
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- Softcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£16.15
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Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Historical Society. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1984. Softcover. Spine is sunned, typical of this edition, and the edges of wraps a bit less so.; A concise, well-written history of the life and career of Thomas R. Reding (1807-1852), a stonecutter of gravestones in Indiana. Initially a cabinetmaker, then a saddle maker, he… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Divine Comedy : The Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise
by Alighieri, Dante
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- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Published
- 1966
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- Hardcover
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Williamsville, New York, USA
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£40.38
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New York: Washington Square Press. Fine with no dust jacket. 1966. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Volume I has an imperfection to the rear pastedown at the head corner and this has impressed the lightest crease at the same corner of a few leaves. Minor marks to the slipcase.; The Divine Comedy is Dante Alighieri's medieval vision of… Read more about this item Item Price
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