The Only Place We Live
by Derleth, August
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Iowa City: Prairie Press, 1966. Collection of love poems, companion to the earlier This Wound; with wood engravings by frequent collaborator Utpatel. SIGNED by Derleth, Sincerely, on the free endsheet. Hardcover, quarter brown cloth over green patterned boards, gilt titling; elegant design & typography by Carroll Coleman. Light wear to book, small stains & dents to jacket, minor spine tanning. Text clean; 48 pages + colophon; 8 wood engravings.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Frank Utpatel. 5" by 8¼".
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- s0640
- Title
- The Only Place We Live
- Author
- Derleth, August
- Illustrator
- Frank Utpatel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Prairie Press
- Place of Publication
- Iowa City
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Poetry, Wisconsin
- Size
- 5" by 8¼"
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
All books are subject to prior sale, though we make every effort to keep our inventory current. Books are returnable within ten days with prior notification. We will request extra shipping for large books and sets going to addresses outside the United States.
About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Most of our stock is on-line only, though we have many books in three booths at Angela's Attic Antique Mall, 1020 Gardner Street in South Beloit, Illinois; a booth across the street at the Best of Beloit; and a large booth at the Lake Geneva Antique Mall, 829 Williams Street, Lake Geneva, WI. You may request to see any of our on-line inventory at any location with a few days' notice.
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