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Charleston: Parchment Gallery Graphics. Second edition. Loose Sheets. Fine/No. First edition, second state. Broadside poem entitled "A Difference" by Wilbur. Single sheet SIGNED by the poet and numbered. One of only 25 copies in original mailing envelope and prospectus. According to the prospectus, the broadside and folder are the same as the first state, but in the second state, each broadside is identified as P/P, followed by the number in an edition of 25, published for the discretionary use of the director of the Parchment Gallery and released at his discretion. The colophon distinguishes it from the first state in that it is 100" cotton, 32 lb. gray, watermarked, finely textured wove finish, quarto, and contains a b/w photograph of Wilbur smoking a pipe. Signed by Author.
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- Bookseller
- Derringer Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27390
- Title
- Opposites
- Author
- Wilbur, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Loose Sheets
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Parchment Gallery Graphics
- Place of Publication
- Charleston
- Keywords
- Poetry, Broadside, Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry Broadsides;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable for full refund within two weeks of delivery.
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Derringer Books
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Avon, Connecticut
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- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...
- 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...
- Second State
- used in book collecting to refer to a first edition, but after some change has been made in the printing, such as a correction,...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...