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Sand and Foam
by Gibran, Kahlil
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1926. First Edition. Very Good. First trade edition, first printing. Signed by Kahlil Gibran on the title page. Bound in publisher's black cloth stamped in gilt; lacking the dust jacket. Very Good with lean to binding. Spine slightly worn at ends. Cloth sunned at spine and top edge of rear cover. Former owner bookplate to front paste down. Pages toned. Signed by the author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140939263
- Title
- Sand and Foam
- Author
- Gibran, Kahlil
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Sunned
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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