Gathering Wave
by Cardona-Hine, Alvaro
- Used
- Good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Denver: Alan Swallow. Good. 1961. First Edition. Paperback. Small paperback poetry book has white wrap with black and green graphic cover. This copy has been well-read, shows toning around the edges, slanted spine, rubbing and light soil markings, as well as gently bumped corners all around. The front cover looks like it has faint water stains along the bottom edge. The edge near the spine on the back cover is slightly discolored. Interior pages are clean with sharp corners. This book features 48 haiku with black and white drawings by Costa Rican born poet Alvaro Cardona-Hine, and has a personal inscription on the title page. ; Drawings; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 43 pp; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012784
- Title
- Gathering Wave
- Author
- Cardona-Hine, Alvaro
- Illustrator
- Alvaro Cardona-Hine
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alan Swallow
- Place of Publication
- Denver
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Poetry, Haiku, Alvaro Cardona-hine, Costa Rica
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....