THE BOOK OF NIGHTMARES
by Kinnell, Galway
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Columbus, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Boston, MA.: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1971. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. This book is hard-bound in a blind-stamped black cloth with red titling along the spine, in a very nice dust jacket with light wear to the edges and spine-ends. The covers show light bumping to the corners and light rubbing to the spine-ends. The binding is solid. The contents are bright and clean with vignette illustrations. Signed on the front free endpage by Kinnell and included are 2 autographed notes written and signed by Galway Kinnell, laid-in at the front, and the book includes the mailing envelope for one of the notes and for the entire book when sent to Kennell for signing. - .
Synopsis
Galway Kinnell's poetry has always been marked by richness of language, devotion to the things and creatures of the world, and an effort to transform every understanding into the universality of art.
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- Bookseller
- Hoffman Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76597
- Title
- THE BOOK OF NIGHTMARES
- Author
- Kinnell, Galway
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, MA.
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Galway Kinnell, Signed
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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