Gnarled Grasses
by Christopher Thorsen
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Mill Valley, California: Rau Painu Press. Limited Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Limited Edition, soft cover 10.75 inches in height by8.5 inches in width, artistically hand sewn binding with string visible on front and back of spine, brown craft heavier stock covers with blue mountain and vally llustration on front panel, embossed titles and author's name, Inscribed by author in black felt pen on first free page "Debbie, Those who devote themselves to that eternal now are Jew indeed! Chris" laid in leaf, from the Colophon page, " This book was designed and printed by Joan Abelson at the Rau Painu Press Mill Valley California. hand set in 24point Rivoli, brown paper wrapping paper and a 8 X 12 Chandler Price letterpress were employed in its manufactured. of an edition limited to 204 copies this is copy number 162." Near Fine trace bit wear to cover with a few very light tears. An unusual edition in most presentable condition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002059
- Title
- Gnarled Grasses
- Author
- Christopher Thorsen
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Rau Painu Press
- Place of Publication
- Mill Valley, California
- Keywords
- Poetry, Fine Press, Hand made books, Rau Painu Press
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Jacket
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- Colophon
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- Fine
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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...
- 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....