Worldly Hopes
by Ammons, A. R
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: W W Norton, 1982. Book. As New. Cloth. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo, black cloth covered boards with gilt spine titles. 51pp. A very tight, clean, fresh, unmarked and unread volume in a crisp, sharp, bright dust jacket. Laid in is a bookplate SIGNED by Ammons. Fine in fine dust jacket. AS New..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brillig Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 07346
- Title
- Worldly Hopes
- Author
- Ammons, A. R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W W Norton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- AMMONS, CORNELL, ITHACA, POETRY, POEM, POET, NATURE, COMTEMPLATIVE, LYRICAL, MODERN, AWARD WINNING, WINNER, PRIZE, NATIONAL BOOK AWARD, BOLLINGEN, VERSE, SIGNED, FIRST ,EDTITION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Brillig Books
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About the Seller
Brillig Books
Biblio member since 2006
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
About Brillig Books
An independent bookseller of uncommon, out-of-print, used and rare books since 1991.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
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