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His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
by John Berryman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good, slightest cant to spine, some rubbing on crown of front board from a paperclip left in place by previous owner./Very Good jacket, some shelving and handling wear along extremities, some rubbing to crown of front panel from paperclip left by
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 1969. First Edition, Third Printing. 8vo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine in pictorial dust jacket, 317 pp. Very Good, slightest cant to spine, some rubbing on crown of front board from a paperclip left in place by previous owner./Very Good jacket, some shelving and handling wear along extremities, some rubbing to crown of front panel from paperclip left by previous owner.. Jacket design by Guy Fleming. The conclusion to Berryman's serial poem The Dream Songs.
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- Bookseller
- Better Read Than Dead
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 390
- Title
- His Toy, His Dream, His Rest
- Author
- John Berryman
- Illustrator
- Jacket design by Guy Fleming
- Format/Binding
- 8vo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine in pictorial dust jacket, 317 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, slightest cant to spine, some rubbing on crown of front board from a paperclip left in place by previous owner.
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good jacket, some shelving and handling wear along extremities, some rubbing to crown of front panel from paperclip left by
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Third Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- poetry, berryman, modernism, postmodernism
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Better Read Than Dead
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Ridgewood, New York
About Better Read Than Dead
Better Read Than Dead has been selling used books and other printed materials in Brooklyn, NY since 2012. We currently operate two open storefronts and an ever-growing online inventory.
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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