A Place on Earth
by Frostic, Gwen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Benazonia, Michigan: Presscraft Papers, 1970. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Dust Jacket, as Issued. Another poetry collection from the beloved native Michigan naturalist (1906-2001), featuring her nature-inspired verse atop Linocut block print artwork on each of the rough-edged vellum-like pages. Unpaginated. No publication in book, but research marks it as the FIRST EDITION, later printing, from 1970, with slightly different cover art than the first printing. Hardcover small 4to (6.25" x 9.50") has quarter teal cloth with decorative paper (dragonfly design) over boards.Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & completely unmarked, binding strong & straight. Only flaw is mild rubbing to extremities & light bumping to corners & spine tips. No DJ, as issued. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023539
- Title
- A Place on Earth
- Author
- Frostic, Gwen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket, as Issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Presscraft Papers
- Place of Publication
- Benazonia, Michigan
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- NATURE WOODS ANIMALS NATURALIST ENVIRONMENT POETRY VERSE POEMS MICHIGAN WOMEN FEMALE WRITERS AUTHORS POET ARTIST
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature/Gardening/Environmentalism; Illustrated Books/Illustrators; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gargoyle Books
Biblio member since 2006
La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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