ARGONAUT ROSE - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Wakoski, Diane
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1998. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of probably a half-dozen copies specially bound and designated for members within the inner circle of the press, this one marked "Binder's Copy" and signed by the author on the colophon. Octavo (23.5cm); pictorial paper-covered boards and patterned black cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [14],15-184,[4]pp, with an original holograph poem ("Wet Suit for the Silver Surfer") tipped-in following the copyright page. Scattered foxing to text edges and upper board edges; Near Fine in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. Volume 4 in the "Archaeology of Movies and Books" series.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6273
- Title
- ARGONAUT ROSE - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
- Author
- Wakoski, Diane
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Rosa
- Date Published
- 1998
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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