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This Body Is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood: Prose Poems (Inscribed & signed by Poet)
by Robert Bly
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0060103639
- ISBN 13
- 9780060103637
- Seller
-
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Row, Publishers, 1977 Book. Illus. by Gendron Jenson - Drawings. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by the Poet. 1st Edition. Octavo. Stated First Edition. 60 pp. Table of contents & 20 prose poems with drawings. page 61 - About the Artist, about the Author. Signed by the poet on p 59, inscribed with signature and ink drawing on title page to previous owner. 6.3" x 9.5" gray cloth boards with silver spine letters, in illustrated DJ - photos of poet & artist on back. DJ unclipped in mylar protector. .
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005954
- Title
- This Body Is Made of Camphor and Gopherwood: Prose Poems (Inscribed & signed by Poet)
- Author
- Robert Bly
- Illustrator
- Gendron Jenson - Drawings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0060103639
- ISBN 13
- 9780060103637
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Minnesota poet - American poetry 1960's & 1970's
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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