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Fifteen Poems. With two drawings and a brief introduction by Allen Freer. (INSCRIBED)
by H.J.MASSINGHAM
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Hayloft Press, Birmingham, 1987. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Inscribed by Illustrator(s). 1st Edition. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies (this being #29), printed on Mohawk Superfine Text. Slim 8vo. Unpaginated [27pp]. Sewn card wrappers with a marbled paper dust wrapper designed by Allen and Beryl Freer. A presentation copy, inscribed by Beryl and Allen Freer on the colophon leaf and dated the year after publication. A hint of off-setting from the marbled flaps to the margins of the endpapers, else a fine copy in fine dust wrapper. Fifteen poems, printed here to mark the centenary of the birth of Harold John Masssingham. [A light item, UK postage will be reduced]..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BC16832
- Title
- Fifteen Poems. With two drawings and a brief introduction by Allen Freer. (INSCRIBED)
- Author
- H.J.MASSINGHAM
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Hayloft Press, Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1987
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- Wrappers
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- Fine
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- Colophon
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- First Edition
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- Flap(s)
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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