New York Dissected
by Walt Whitman, Emory Holloway & Ralph Adimari (introduction and notes)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG- (Very Good Minus)/Good
- Seller
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Buffalo, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Rufus Rockwell Wilson, Inc., 1936. 1st Edition . Hardcover. VG- (Very Good Minus)/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A sheaf of recently discovered newspaper articles by the author of Leaves of Grass". #502 of 750 copies. Green buckram with gilt lettering. Trace wear, lightly sunned spine, and barely bumped spine ends and corners. Yellow jacket in new archival mylar sleeve has moderate edgewear, scuffing, rubbing and soil; numerous small chips/tears <1"; flaps not clipped. Binding sound, text clean. Interior lightly toned and foxed. Small bookshop label to front pastedown. No prev owner names or stamps. Not ex-library. Indexed. 257 pages.
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- Bookseller
- Albion Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001569
- Title
- New York Dissected
- Author
- Walt Whitman, Emory Holloway & Ralph Adimari (introduction and notes)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG- (Very Good Minus)
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Rufus Rockwell Wilson, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Albion Books
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Buffalo, New York
About Albion Books
Albion Books deals in fine used, out of print and rare books on a wide variety of topics. Specialties include Buffalo/New York history, science, religion, occult, and foreign language. The proprietor has been in the antiquarian book business since 2006.
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- Buckram
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