C. DAY-LEWIS, THE POET LAUREATE: A Bibliography
by Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey and Timothy d'Arch Smith
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Chicago and London: St. James Press, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. With a Letter of Introduction by W.H. Auden. Color frontispiece portrait of C. Day-Lewis by Lawrence Gowing, with textual photographs and illustrations. First edition, #88 of 100 copies signed by C. Day-Lewis. Original blue buckram binding, with gilt stamping. The dust jacket is faded along the spine and extremities. Better than very good. Signed by Author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53180
- Title
- C. DAY-LEWIS, THE POET LAUREATE: A Bibliography
- Author
- Handley-Taylor, Geoffrey and Timothy d'Arch Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- St. James Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago and London
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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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...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....