THE CHESTNUT RAIN
by Heyen, William
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Available Press/Ballantine Books, 1986. First edition. Cloth (issued without a dust jacket); 8vo. 98 pp. No. 50 of 50 copies specially bound by the poet and signed by him on what amounts to a hand-written colophon page; primary issue in paperback. Originally published in four separate limited editions by a small press (Ewert), some of the poems were revised. Available Press was a short-lived imprint at Ballantine, a division of Random House, which published literary works in small runs, theoretically when printer time was most available (hence the name) and at its cheapest. One of his most important works, one could say in homage to fellow NYer Walt Whitman and certainly with echoes of that great poet. Fine (no DJ as published).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64450
- Title
- THE CHESTNUT RAIN
- Author
- Heyen, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Available Press/Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1986
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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