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The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer
by Untermeyer, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963. Second Printing of November, 1963. Very near fine in heavy white covered boards with black and green text on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/8 by 6 1/4 inches. In a very good+ dust jacket with the original price of $10.00 on the front flap and with light wear and rubbing at the ends of the spine area and at the fore edges of the panels at the folds to the flaps. Laid-in at the front of the book is a book review by the New York Times on the biography of Frost by Jeffrey Meyers. A compilation of a huge body of letters sent by Robert Frost to his friend Louis Untermeyer from March 22, 1915 to January 12, 1959 highlighting not only a deep friendship but many previously unknown facts about the great poet. 388 pages of text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB31474
- Title
- The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer
- Author
- Untermeyer, Louis
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Second Printing of November, 1963
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
Terms of Sale
Town's End Books
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
Biblio member since 2009
Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
We purchase and sell only collectible first editions in a number of fields all focused on Americana. We are primarily mail order sellers; however, we are open by appointment and welcome visits from customers.
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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.
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