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Wellspring and Later Poems
by Freeman-Ishill, Rose
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/N/A
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
Item Price
€55.93€39.15
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Jersey, U.S.A.: Oriole Press , 1965. Unumbered edition of 100 copies printed at the Oriole Press by Joseph Ishill who is primarily known for the limited, private editions. Very few copies of these editions were sold, with most given either to friends and correspondents. CONDITION Handbound with Japanese Vellum spine and block printed floral paper, paste on paper title label to front, same floral paper end pages, series of 5 poems with green decorative head piece to each, unpaginated (approx 20 pages on untrimmed hand made paper). Small stain and tear at spine heel, mull tight but exposed at junction of one page (opened too widely?). Overall a nice crisp and bright copy with a little toning to edges of cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16225
- Title
- Wellspring and Later Poems
- Author
- Freeman-Ishill, Rose
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- N/A
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Oriole Press
- Place of Publication
- New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
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Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
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