Basics

New York: Macmillan Company, 1962. first edition. hardcover. Book VG-: mild shelf wear to boards and spine, boards slightly bowed, staining to paste downs, text clean, binding tight./DJ G+: rubbing, chipping, age toning, NOT clipped ($2.50). Osborn, Robert. 8vo 85pp. stated first printing. from front flap: "Basics--prosy little poems that cut their way through the rain forests of… Read more about this item

MacMillan Company, 1962. first printing. hardcover. very good: fading/age wear on boards and spine, red topstain, toning/offset on FFEP, some foxing on endpapers/no DJ. Robert Osborn. Octavo 85pp. Satirical look at American "grownups" in the style of a learn to read children's book, with b/w illustrations. #00275.

New York: Macmillan, 1962. Near Fine (light stain on top page edges not affecting book's interior, tiny book store sticker on rear pastedown) in Very Good dust jacket (price-clipped, edgeworn especially at top; tiny date stamp on rear fold). Red covers have bled through lightly onto the inside of the dust jacket and onto the pastedowns. Hilarious guide for… Read more about this item

Macmillan Company, January 1962. Hardcover. Used - Fair. The Rubaiyat LLC is a small, used bookstore in Caldwell, Idaho. All books are fair to good or better, no library copies unless specifically listed.

MacMillan, 1962. Hardcover. very . Robert Osborn (jacket). Nice neat copy, clean and unmarked, firm in binding. Endpapers show a manufacturer's glue stain. Jacket shows light soil and edgewear from under fresh mylar.