New York, NY: Atheneum, 1974 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First American Edition. Octavo. 148 pp, Combined edition, Stated First American Edition. Shrapnel, poems grouped into 4 parts / 70 pages. A Poet's Year - poems grouped by month - pp 71 - 143. Binding tight, pages clean and white, blue cover cloth VG with gilt spine letters intact and bright. DJ with 1" closed tear up from bottom edge, and triangular creases from folds to tear. Now flat in acetate protector. unclipped DJ with faint age toned rear & wear to extremities. 5.8" x 8.9" blue cloth baords.

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 006786
Title: Shrapnel and A poet's year: Poems
Author: MacBeth, George
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First American Edition
ISBN 10: 0689106386
ISBN 13: 9780689106385
Publisher: Atheneum
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1974
Keywords: English poets - 1960's 1970's
Size: Octavo

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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