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Different Dances
by Silverstein, Shel
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Row. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. Hardcover folio. First edition. Grey cloth boards, gold gilt on the spine and author's name at the corner of the front panel. The condition of the book is Very Good- (water stain along the bottom edge of the front panel, aged text block, small stain on first free end paper, tight binding, clean inside). The condition of the dust jacket is Good (wear and creasing around the edges, small rip at the center of the first panel, to the back panel, and along the crease of the spine, yellowed at margins, not priced clipped). Unpaginated.
Synopsis
Shel Silverstein is best known for his children's poetry, but "Uncle Shelby" was also a witty, dirty old man. He began by drawing adult cartoons for the military during his stint as a soldier in the 1950s, and contributed to Playboy from 1957 to the mid-1970's. This irreverant humor is reflected in his poems and books geared toward mature audiences. Different Dances was published in 1979, and first editions in complete dust jackets are scarce. This book is a rather large folio edition - over 12 - 15" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Page 1 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40912
- Title
- Different Dances
- Author
- Silverstein, Shel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Page 1 Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Page 1 Books
The Special Collections Room within Page 1 Books, the largest used bookstore in Albuquerque, NM. We offer a broad selection of collectible and out-of-print books and ephemera in all genres.
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- 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....
- Tight
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- Folio
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Cloth
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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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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