Dear Judas And Other Poems
by JEFFERS, Robinson
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. First Edition. Octavo (21cm); black backstrip over plum/gray paper-covered boards, titled in gilt on cover and spine; dark blue topstain; dustjacket; 129pp.; spine ends are nudged; former owner's printed bookplate [British author Richard Hughes] inside front cover; faint foxing inside covers; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50) with toning to spine; minor nicks/rubbing to te extremities; small tape repair to the verso at crown; Very Good or better.
"This volume will contain two longer poems, Dear Judas and The Loving Shepherdess, and a few shorter poems. There is some relationship to thoought between the two longer poems of the book; the shepherdess in the one, and Judas and Jesus in the other, each embodying different aspects of love..." (from the dustjacket) AHEARN, APG, 011a.
"This volume will contain two longer poems, Dear Judas and The Loving Shepherdess, and a few shorter poems. There is some relationship to thoought between the two longer poems of the book; the shepherdess in the one, and Judas and Jesus in the other, each embodying different aspects of love..." (from the dustjacket) AHEARN, APG, 011a.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54157
- Title
- Dear Judas And Other Poems
- Author
- JEFFERS, Robinson
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Gilt
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- Spine
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- Bookplate
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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