Emily Dickinson; The Human Background of Her Poetry
by Pollitt, Josephine
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Harper & Brothers, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Part of American critic and poet William H. Matchett's personal library, with his name on the front endpaper and his notes and marginalia scattered throughout. First Edtion. A Good copy. No dustjacket. Book has shelfwear, a cocked spine, soiling to covers and edges of text block, toning to pages, and aforementioned name and notes. 8vo. - over 7¾' in - 9¾' in.
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- Bookseller
- Arundel Books of Seattle
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 620381
- Title
- Emily Dickinson; The Human Background of Her Poetry
- Author
- Pollitt, Josephine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- WHAR.866, , , , , , , ,
Terms of Sale
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7-day return only if not as described (you must notify us immediately on upon receipt of any problem). We pack carefully.
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- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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....
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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