The Standard Book of British and American Verse
by Braddy, Nella
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Lyndhurst, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Garden City New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc., 1932. Stated First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4. Preface by Christopher Morley, " Not to know what joy and sadness is to be had in reading poetry is not to have begun to live." 735 pp. plus: Index of Authors, Index of Titles, Index of First Lines. Red boards have blind rectangular stamp decoration on front, darkened spine, very slight extremity wear, gift dedication ffep "To Tui - Valhalla - June 23, 1933". Book is tight and square. Small paper scrap marker @ pp. 96-97 has discoloured where it has probabably rested for last 90 some odd years... OW book is clean and unnotated. Digital pictures available on request. A wide and diverse selection of poetry up to that time. Bookseller's Inventory # 091476.
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- Bookseller
- Lower Beverley Better Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001476
- Title
- The Standard Book of British and American Verse
- Author
- Braddy, Nella
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Stated First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8 1/4" X 5 3/4
Terms of Sale
Lower Beverley Better Books
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About the Seller
Lower Beverley Better Books
Biblio member since 2014
Lyndhurst, Ontario
About Lower Beverley Better Books
An online bookstore that just grew from a combination of a love of books, a desire to save them from landfill and an inability to bypass yard sales. A considerable percentage of my inventory is signed editions. I also take pride in my Canadiana catalogue.
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