Shelf Life: Essays, Memoirs and an Interview
by Gunn, Thom
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/near fine -
- ISBN 10
- 0571171966
- ISBN 13
- 9780571171965
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London; Boston: Faber and Faber, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine -. viii, 230 p.; 22 cm. Black cover with white spine title. Dust jacket. English poet Thom Gunn (1929-2004) came to the United States in 1954 and spent the rest of his life here. Most of the material in this volume reflects his engagement in American culture. Book is in Near Fine Condition: black remainder mark on lower page edges; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Near Fine- Condition: edges rubbed; minor loss at head of spine; clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009737
- Title
- Shelf Life: Essays, Memoirs and an Interview
- Author
- Gunn, Thom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0571171966
- ISBN 13
- 9780571171965
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London; Boston
- Date Published
- 1993
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Remainder Mark
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...