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Three Books: Body Rags/ Mortal Acts Mortal Words/the Past
by Kinnell, Galway
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0395680883
- ISBN 13
- 9780395680889
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Mariner Books, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A Very Good copy. Book has shelfwear, a touch of soiling to covers and edges of text block, creases on spine, a split at page 106, and a former owner's name on the front endpaper. Interior is otherwise clean, unmarked, and tight. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.
Synopsis
This volume brings together BODY RAGS and MORTAL ACTS, MORTAL WORDS and THE PAST, three books that are central to the life’s work of one of the masters of contemporary poetry. Included here are many of Galway Kinnell’s best-loved and most anthologized poems. Kinnell has revised some of the poems for this new edition, and comments on his working method in a prefatory note.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 618924
- Title
- Three Books: Body Rags/ Mortal Acts Mortal Words/the Past
- Author
- Kinnell, Galway
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0395680883
- ISBN 13
- 9780395680889
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1993
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Seattle, Washington
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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....
- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...