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The Collected Poems of Robert Frost (signed by Robert Frost)
by ROBERT FROST
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine in a very good dust jacket./Very Good
- Seller
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Potomac, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Halcyon Edition. Second Printing (April 1939), immediately after March printing). Signed by Robert Frost on the front free end paper, dated 1943. Highly sought after and quite rare. Very good in publisher's Green cloth bright, with gilt. Boards slightly toned, with tape residue on front board and small prior owner label. Internally near fine, with a few small, prior marks next to poems in the Table of Contents. Dust Jacket very good for the age, richly colored, including spine, with chipping and edge wear at the head of the spine and top edge. Octavo. Overall, a lovely copy of this rare edition with signature!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Grinning Cat Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31482
- Title
- The Collected Poems of Robert Frost (signed by Robert Frost)
- Author
- ROBERT FROST
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine in a very good dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Halcyon House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Grinning Cat Books
Fourteen (14) day return guarantee, for any reason, and we pay return shipping costs if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
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Grinning Cat Books
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Potomac, Maryland
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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