Some Trees
by John Ashbery
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1956. Cloth. Very Good +/Very Good. The 1956 1st edition of poet John Ashbery's first regularly publshed book, part of the "Yale Series of Younger Poets". Solid and VG+ (rubbing to the gilt-titling along the spine) in a crisp, price-intact ($2.50), VG dustjacket, with mild soiling to the panels, light wear at the spine ends and even darkening along the spine. Still though, very presentable. Octavo, Foreword by the redoubtable W.H. Auden.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19341
- Title
- Some Trees
- Author
- John Ashbery
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- rare poetry, rare New Yor School poetry, rare John Ashbery, rare first books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...