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The Faber Book of Modern American Verse
by W. H. Auden (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/Good
- Seller
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Bristol, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Faber, London, 1956. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/Good. Size: 8vo <9 3/4". 336 pp. Front hinge cracked. Spine slightly faded. Foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket marked and chipped, with faded spine, a couple of more substantial tears and slight loss. Edges foxed and browned. Ex-library, with usual stamps and markings. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; United States; Modern; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43020. .
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- Seller
- Dreadnought Books
(GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 43020
- Title
- The Faber Book of Modern American Verse
- Author
- W. H. Auden (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Keywords
- BZDB243 Poetry; United States; Modern; Unbranded W. H. Auden (ed.) The Faber Book of Modern American Verse
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Dreadnought Books
Biblio member since 2013
Bristol
About Dreadnought Books
Founded in 2010, Dreadnought Books is a second-hand and out of print book dealer specialising in history, with a particular focus on military, social and labour history.
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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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
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