BIRTHDAYS FROM THE OCEAN
by Isabella Gardner
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Los Angeles , California, United States
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About This Item
[ISABELLA GARDNER]. BIRTHDAYS FROM THE OCEAN. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1955. First Edition. Book Condition: Fine. Appears unread, pages are clean, bright and binding tight. Dust Jacket condition: Near Fine / Very Good. Unclipped with the original price of $3.00 on first inner flap, chips, closed tears to edge extremities, stain to middle of spine with minor scuffs, trivial closed tears and indents on front cover. Protected in professional plastic protector dust jacket sleeve. Overall a about fine copy. Isabella Gardner was a American actress and poet, she was the grand niece of the famous turn of the century American art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner and cousin of the American poet Robert Lowell. She was the wife of poet Allen Tate and was friends with many well known poets of the time including James Wright and John Berryman. Classic modern Americana poetry, uncommon. 43 pgs. 12 mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Astro Trader Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000-576
- Title
- BIRTHDAYS FROM THE OCEAN
- Author
- Isabella Gardner
- Illustrator
- William Brass
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1955
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Isabella Gardner, William Brass, Robert Lowell, Isabella Stewart Gardner
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 12mo
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About the Seller
Astro Trader Books
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Los Angeles , California
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Tight
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- Spine
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