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CLOTH OF THE TEMPEST
by PATCHEN, Kenneth
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good. Tall Octavo. First Edition limited to 2000 copies. A very good+ copy bound in black cloth with red printed title label spine and front cover, minimal cover edge wear, neat owner inscription half title page. In a very good dust jacket with edge wear and age toning. 185 pp. Kenneth Patchen was a beat generation poet who incorporated painting, drawing and jazz music into his work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08053
- Title
- CLOTH OF THE TEMPEST
- Author
- PATCHEN, Kenneth
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1943
Terms of Sale
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
We specialize in Rare and Antiquarian First Editions, Literature, Americana, Important Manuscripts and Historic Autographs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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