The Iron Muse
by Underwood, John Curtis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1910 Hard cover, 8vo. in red publisher's cloth, 196pp. , First Edition. ** Condition: Very Good. Front hinge cracked for an inch or two. **Scarce first poetry collection by John Curtis Underwood (1874 - 1949), an American poet and critic. Includes poems about technology in a section called "The God in the Machine", and other sections on "The Sea", "Woman", "Science", "The City", "The Inner Life" etc. Of interest to H.P.Lovecraft fans is the poem, "The City of Dreams", about an elusive city. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8210
- Title
- The Iron Muse
- Author
- Underwood, John Curtis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P.Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1910
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.