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The Book of Folly [Limited Edition, Signed]
by SEXTON, Anne
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of 500 copies specially bound and signed by the author. Octavo (22cm); red paper and black cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; all edges gilt; publisher's original glassine overlay and red paper-covered slipcase; [2],vi,105,[1]pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine glassine, with a few tiny tears along the upper edge; slipcase is gently sunned around the opening, else very Near Fine. A substantial collection of Sexton's poems, several of which first appeared in the pages of Kayak, Modern Occasions, New American Review, New Republic, and the New York Quarterly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58787
- Title
- The Book of Folly [Limited Edition, Signed]
- Author
- SEXTON, Anne
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
All items are offered subject to prior sale. Orders must be prepaid, though billing may be arranged for institutions and customers with established credit. Payment may be made by Check, Money Order, Paypal or by valid credit card (Visa, MasterCard, American Express or Discover). Any item may be returned within 10 days of receipt for full refund. Signed and manuscript items carry an unlimited guarantee of authenticity.
About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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