The Brown Wasps: A Collection of Essays in Autobiography
by Eiseley, Loren
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About This Item
Mount Horeb, WI: Perishable Press, 1969. Beal, Jack. Small octavo. 39pp. One of 200 copies. Symbolic frontispiece, which is explained at the colophon. Eiseley's essays, entitled "The Brown Wasps," "Big Eyes and Little Eyes," and "Endure the Night", explore the complications of self-reflection, with semi-fictional digressions evocative of feeling more than fact. Bound in marbled paper boards. Minor rubbing to corners, else near fine.
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- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29404
- Title
- The Brown Wasps: A Collection of Essays in Autobiography
- Author
- Eiseley, Loren
- Illustrator
- Beal, Jack
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Perishable Press
- Place of Publication
- Mount Horeb, WI
- Date Published
- 1969
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Printing;
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...