Hula Moons
by Blanding, Don
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/VG-/G+
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1941. First Edition Later Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/VG-/G+. Long, Max. Another book of verse from the acclaimed Hawaiian poet, with vintage woodcut illustrations by the author throughout text. Orig. published in 1930, this is the Eighth printing from Jan. 1941. Unlike his other volumes of poetry, this is a larger, thicker collection, in 303 pages with lovely woodcut illustrations by the author throughout the text + a duotone photographic frontispiece of "Blue Lagoon" by Max Long of Honolulu. With gray cloth-covered boards stamped with black hula girl design & lettering to front & spine, this hardcover octavo (6.5" x 9.25") is in VG condition: very clean, binding secure, but slight rightward lean. Pages creamy white with light tanning to edges, heavier to endpapers; no foxing. Former owner's name & address in pen twice to ffep; NO other writing/highlighting/underlining; not ex-lib. Mild rubbing to extremities, heavier at both end of spine. The price-clipped DJ is VG-/Good+: colorful & bright with light soil & a few large chips; looks lovely protected in new mylar cover! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same Day Shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (PST); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021053
- Title
- Hula Moons
- Author
- Blanding, Don
- Illustrator
- Long, Max
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- VG-/G+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Later Printing
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- HAWAII POETRY VERSE POEM HULA GIRLS DANCE POETS HONOLULU ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories; Hawaiiana/Other Islands;
Terms of Sale
Gargoyle Books
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
On-line booksellers since 1996
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- Octavo
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- VG
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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