An Ode To Kentucky
by By An Emigrant
- Used
- Condition
- Orig. dark green stiff wrappers, lettered in gilt, spine cloth tie. Fine
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Lexington: The Kings Library Press, 1992. Stiff Wraps. Orig. dark green stiff wrappers, lettered in gilt, spine cloth tie. Fine. 4 leaves. 25 x 17 cm. Limited edition, copy 105 of 200. Thought to be the second separate printing of the earliest known poem about Kentucky. Set in Caslon Oldstyle, hand-printed on Rives mould-made paper in the Gravesend press at the King Library, University of Kentucky, celebrating the bicentennial of the Commonwealth. Colored wood engraving by Leo Wyatt.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21056
- Title
- An Ode To Kentucky
- Author
- By An Emigrant
- Format/Binding
- Stiff Wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. dark green stiff wrappers, lettered in gilt, spine cloth tie. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Kings Library Press
- Place of Publication
- Lexington
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Poetry;
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