Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (First Paperback Edition with Signed Bookplate)
by Ashbery, John
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 0140422013
- ISBN 13
- 9780140422016
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Penguin Books, 1976 Softcover 1st Paperback Printing with SIGNED bookplate laid in, no text markings, no spine creases, minor shelf wear, small notation to endpaper about a 'typo' to page 74, else clean tight nice copy of this 1975 Pulitzer Prize winner, long-considered Ashbery's finest work; small 8vo; 83pp. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+.
Synopsis
John Ashberry won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror . Ashberry reaffirms the poetic powers that have made him such an outstanding figure in contemporary literature. This new book continues his astonishing explorations of places where no one has ever been.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nighttown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26816
- Title
- Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (First Paperback Edition with Signed Bookplate)
- Author
- Ashbery, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0140422013
- ISBN 13
- 9780140422016
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (First Paperback Edition with Signed Bookplate) Ashbery, John
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