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The Mediterranean and Other Poems
by Tate, Allen
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Green printed wrappers. Fine, small chip at head of spine, with a damaged original green paper over boards slipcase
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Alcestis Press, 170 Broadway, 1936. First edition, #59 of 165 signed copies on Strathmore Permanent all rag paper. 57 pp. 8vo. Green printed wrappers. Fine, small chip at head of spine, with a damaged original green paper over boards slipcase. First edition, #59 of 165 signed copies on Strathmore Permanent all rag paper. 57 pp. 8vo. WITH SLIPCASE. Rare in original slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 309584
- Title
- The Mediterranean and Other Poems
- Author
- Tate, Allen
- Format/Binding
- 57 pp. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Green printed wrappers. Fine, small chip at head of spine, with a damaged original green paper over boards slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, #59 of 165 signed copies on Strathmore Permanent
- Publisher
- The Alcestis Press, 170 Broadway
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- American | Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Private Press;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
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New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
Glossary
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Wrappers
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- Spine
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