The Melancholy Teacher - Poems (Signed)
by Morehead, Maureen
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
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Madison, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Monterey, KY: Larkspur Press, 2010. First (Limited) Edition. Single print run of 450 copies. Signed. Hardcover. Small quarto. 9.5 x 6.5 inches. 54 pp. Fine / Fine. Flat signed by author on title page. Handset in Cloister Lightface type, printed on a hand-fed C&P, then hand-bound. 450 copies were printed on Mohawk Superfine paper. Illustrated with wood engravings cut by Alex Brooks. Design, composition, printing and binding by Deborah Kessler, Leslie Shane, Debbie Shannon, and Gray Zeitz at Larkspur Press. Intact dust jacket. Full olive cloth over board. Paper title label affixed to spine. Case and text block pristine and tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Scarce book of poems by a Poet Laureate of Kentucky.
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- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000083
- Title
- The Melancholy Teacher - Poems (Signed)
- Author
- Morehead, Maureen
- Illustrator
- Brooks, Alex
- Format/Binding
- Full cloth over board, hand sewn
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (Limited, Letterpress)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Larkspur Press
- Place of Publication
- Monterey, KY
- Date Published
- 2010
- Pages
- 54
- Size
- Sm 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Signed copies; Limited editions;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
About the Seller
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About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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