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Riding to Greylock ( The Knopf Poetry Series )
by Sandy, Stephen
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, Inc., 1983. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Signed by Author. Hardcover/ DJ (has price $11.95); both VG+ condition. Inscribed & SIGNED (1st name only) Stephen / Bennington/ 17 July '84"" on half-title page. Stated First Edition, 1st printing- no note of further ones; year 1983 also on title page. INCLUDES: 3 short one page letters- nothing earthshaking- from author (2 on Bennington College letterhead), xerox of typed poem w/ 1 line edited in ink & Knopf promo. flyer w/ reviews of book- all laid-in, as found. DJ is glossy & bright w/ light rubbing, trace of toning, couple sm. closed tears (1/4"" & 1/8""). NO frays or scuffs. Gray cloth binding is tight, bright, clean & square; narrow sun fade along top & bottom edges of covers. NO bumps or scuffs. All silver spine lettering crisp & intact. Text & endpapers tight, bright, clean, UNmarked. NO remainder mark, owner names, etc.; NOT ex library. Interesting grouping & handsome, well preserved copy- both DJ & book display well.
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 246
- Title
- Riding to Greylock ( The Knopf Poetry Series )
- Author
- Sandy, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1983
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