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The Charm. Early and Uncollected Poems
by Creeley, Robert
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- fine
- Seller
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
San Francisco: Four Seasons Foundation, 1969. Hardcover. fine. # 68 of 100 copies hand bound in boards and signed. 97pp. Octavo. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Decorative marbled paper covered boards. Very light bumping to top corners. Yellow and white mottled endpapers. Bookplate from the library of Arthur A. Goldsmith JR affixed to front paste down. Clean, tight text block. A lovely copy. fine Double signed and inscribed by the author. The inscription on the title page reads "for Arthur and Martha Goldsmith, with all best, Robert Creeley. 4/6/92". The book is also signed by the author on the limitation page at the back of the book. A collection of poems by the famous and prolific American author and poet. 1969
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 132106
- Title
- The Charm. Early and Uncollected Poems
- Author
- Creeley, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Four Seasons Foundation
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- American Author|American Literature|American Poet|Literature|Poems
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About the Seller
Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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- Text Block
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Fine
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- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Bookplate
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