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The King of the Great Clock Tower. Commentaries and Poems
by Yeats, William Butler
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Macmillan and Co LTD, 1935. First issued by Cuala in 1934; this is a Near Fine copy of the First American Edition, from a yaer later. Includes the play and the author's comments. [Not in Wade] Olive green boards with black spine with gilt lettering. Fresh text; light tanning on the inside boards; previous owner name and small bookshop label on the FFEP. The DJ has been clipped (at an angle, to mimic rear flap publisher's cut). The spine is tanned, with a 1" chip at the bottom (cuts off publisher name only). Still, very presentable and scarce in collectible condition, as are most of his titles. In an archival plastic protector.. First American Edition.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000840
- Title
- The King of the Great Clock Tower. Commentaries and Poems
- Author
- Yeats, William Butler
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First American Edition.
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co LTD
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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