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CORNHUSKERS
by SANDBURG, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- The book is tight and crisp; the dustwrapper (from a later @1923 printing) is clean with no tears or chips and has all four corn
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1918. First Edition. Hardcover. The book is tight and crisp; the dustwrapper (from a later @1923 printing) is clean with no tears or chips and has all four corners neatly and evenly clipped by the publisher. Fine, bright copy in a beautiful dustwrapper. Sandburg's second regularly published book after the impressive CHICAGO POEMS. This is the second state of the text with the folio "3" lacking.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008316
- Title
- CORNHUSKERS
- Author
- SANDBURG, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - The book is tight and crisp; the dustwrapper (from a later @1923 printing) is clean with no tears or chips and has all four corn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- Modern First Editions, Carl Sandburg, Early Dustwrappers, Modern Poetry, Modern Firsts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early Dustwrappers;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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