My Country and Other Poems (First Edition)
by Shackelford, Theodore Henry; Dodd, Charles Hastings (Introduction by);
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
(Philadelphia: I.W. Klopp Co.), 1918. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.
(Philadelphia: I.W. Klopp Co., 1918).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.
Original cloth, lettered in gilt.
216 pages.
Illustrated by author.
Fair or better. Hinges quite cracked else tight binding; contemporary owner's inscription on front endpaper; pages fairly clean; covers worn; some splitting along rear of backstrip; no jacket.
Shackelford was a African-American poet born in Canada. Quite scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15678
- Title
- My Country and Other Poems (First Edition)
- Author
- Shackelford, Theodore Henry; Dodd, Charles Hastings (Introduction by);
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- (Philadelphia: I.W. Klopp Co.)
- Date Published
- 1918
- Keywords
- BLACK AMERICAN LITERATURE
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...