Becky Swan's Book
by Musgrave, Susan
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- Seller
-
Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Erin , Ont.: Porcupine's Quill, 1977. - oblong 8vo - though not mentioned in the colophon along with the wrappered & leatherbound editions - some copies were bound in black fabricoid - a leather-like cloth and given a wonderful half-tone photographic dj, showing the wicked witch herself perched on a shale ledge and staring darkly into the camera lens - the dark poems themselves framed in Cloister Old English gothic type - 200 copies were so bound - very scarce .. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11956
- Title
- Becky Swan's Book
- Author
- Musgrave, Susan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Porcupine's Quill
- Place of Publication
- Erin , Ont.
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- Susan Musgrave - Rare Canadian Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canadian Literature;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Port Colborne, Ontario
About Alphabet Bookshop (ABAC/ILAB
General used bookstore, Mon-Sat. 10: -5pm. Used, ou-of-print, scarce, and rare books. Literature, first editions, Canadiana etc. ABAC/ILAB Member
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- First Edition
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- Colophon
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- Cloth
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