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Pot of Earth, The
by MacLeish, Archibald
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Boston And New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good. 1925. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Special limited edition of 100 copies. Gold paper boards over black buckram with gilt title on spine; glassine dust jacket over boards; housed in a clamshell box. Clamshell box is quarter leather with black cloth and gilt title on spine. Boards have light soiling and light wear to all edges; text block is clean; glassine jacket has light chipping to all edges; clamshell box has light soiling. This publication is divided into three parts: The Sowing of the Dead Corn, The Shallow Grass, and the Carrion Spring. Image depicts book without glassine dust jacket. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 45 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018194
- Title
- Pot of Earth, The
- Author
- MacLeish, Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston And New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- Poetry, Literature, Archibald Macleish, Limited Edition
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
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Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
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