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Beach Grass
by Eldridge, Oliver
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0963419404
- ISBN 13
- 9780963419408
- Seller
-
Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Canaan, Connecticut: Oliver Eldridge, 1992. First printing. Hardcover. Fine/very good. 72 pages. Poetry about beekeeping, astronomy and space technology, among other subjects. Signed by author on half title page. Tan cloth binding with gilt titles and borders on front cover and gilt titles on spine, olive green end papers. Very light shelf wear, minor bumping of corners and spine ends, a spot or two on cover, interior pages bright and clean, binding tight. Pink dust jacket with gray title block on front cover and black titles on front cover and spine is a bit spotted, faded along edges and spine, spine titles still sharp, not clipped.
Measures 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches.
Measures 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00468
- Title
- Beach Grass
- Author
- Eldridge, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0963419404
- ISBN 13
- 9780963419408
- Publisher
- Oliver Eldridge
- Place of Publication
- Canaan, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- poetry, literature, self-published, New England
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
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- Title Page
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- Gilt
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- Shelf Wear
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Edges
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