Dark Tower and Other Poems
by Borst, Beatrice West
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Fullerton, California: N. O. Shanks, 1942. Limited Numbered Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Poems about love & womanhood & life in the only book by this Californian (originally from Minnesota) poet (1890-1959), published by her husband, & SIGNED by him (with a personalized inscription to Anne Riley on ffep). Printed in 1942 in a Limited Numbered Edition of only 150 copies, this is No. 12 (First Edition, First Printing). In 36 pages with rough cut edges. 974, this hardcover small octavo has deep blue cloth-covered boards lettered in black to front. Condition is VG: internally flawless, but with heavy rubbing to extremities. Binding strong & straight, pages creamy white with a hint of tanning, but completely unmarked. Slight offsetting to endpapers. No DJ. Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received Weekdays by 2 pm Pacific time; later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023548
- Title
- Dark Tower and Other Poems
- Author
- Borst, Beatrice West
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Numbered Edition
- Publisher
- N. O. Shanks
- Place of Publication
- Fullerton, California
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- poetry poets female california Minnesota signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Signed Books; Literature/Literary Criticism/Poetry/Short Stories;
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Gargoyle Books
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La Mesa, California
About Gargoyle Books
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