THE GREAT NAROPA POETRY WARS - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Clark, Tom
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Santa Barbara: Cadmus Editions, 1980. First Edition. Limited Issue, one of likely a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for the author, publisher, and a few key individuals associated with the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (22.5cm); printed paper-covered boards and burnt orange cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [6],7-87,[9]. Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. With an original letterpressed broadside by Kenneth Rexroth laid in. Provenance: From the collection of Earle and Larry Gray, owners of the Earle Gray Book Binding Company, who were responsible for binding most of the Black Sparrow Press books from 1968-2002, and those from a host of other California small presses.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6755
- Title
- THE GREAT NAROPA POETRY WARS - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
- Author
- Clark, Tom
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cadmus Editions
- Place of Publication
- Santa Barbara
- Date Published
- 1980
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Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Colophon
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