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A Selection from the Poems of Michael Field No. 15 of 50 copies
by Field, Michael (Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in fair dustwrapper/Dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
London: The Poetry Bookshop, 1923. limited edition. hardbound. Very Good in fair dustwrapper/Dustwrapper. 8vo. Numbered limited edition of this selection from the poems of 'Michael Field', published by The Poetry Bookshop, being No. XV of an edition of 50 copies on de Haesbeek watermark paper stock; Michael Field was the pen-name of Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper (an aunt and a niece); their poems were well received, but eventually fell into obscurity - some suggest this was due to the discovery of the gender of the poet(s); the Poetry Bookshop operated in the Bloomsbury district from 1913-1926 and published living poets as well as selling books; cream cloth boards with gilt titling to front and spine, untrimmed pages; endpapers, prelims and text block foxed, mild tanning to edges of some pages, bookshop label to front pastedown, minor toning to edges of boards, o.w. Very Good throughout; dustwrapper fairly heavily edgeworn to top edge, with some loss, 7 x 1.5 cm loss to rear panel near fold of flap.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16904
- Title
- A Selection from the Poems of Michael Field No. 15 of 50 copies
- Author
- Field, Michael (Katherine Bradley and Edith Cooper)
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in fair dustwrapper
- Jacket Condition
- Dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- limited edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Poetry Bookshop
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Rare Books; Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Gotcha By The Books
Biblio member since 2017
Camira, Queensland
About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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- Cloth
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