The Diamond Cutters and Other Poems
by Rich, Adrienne
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harper and Bros, 1955. First edition. Two-toned boards in dust jacket; small 8vo. 119 pp. The poet's scarce second book. First printing; code letters on reverse of title page are H-E. Endpages a bit foxed, with previous owner address label on front free endpage and 1956 newspaper clipping taped to rear endpaper. Dust jacket becoming a bit fragile, with browning at spine and minor chips at top edge (now in protective Brodart cover). A charming very good copy. Tempe,
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65174
- Title
- The Diamond Cutters and Other Poems
- Author
- Rich, Adrienne
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Bros
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...