Some Poems and A Devotion of John Donne - The Poet of the Month
by Donne, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG-
- Seller
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk, CT: New Directions, 1941. Book. VG+. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Salmon paper covered boards, lettered in black. Light dampstaining at upper binding corner only has left slight darkening on rear corner and moderate darkening on front, otherwise mildly bumped front corners with a few tiny pinholes, very little other wear. Both pastedowns are unevenly toned with a bit of offsetting onto endpapers. Front flyleaf shows former owner's name stamp, along with her gift inscription dated 1966 in ink and a two-letter notation in black marker, otherwise unmarked. Salmon paper dust jacket shows dampstaining/tanning along length of spine panel and upper rear panel, toned along flap folds, a few soil marks, some rubbing to corners but still decently intact, now in mylar. Early New Directions issue, printed by D. P. Updyke's Merrymount Press, in its first edition, relatively scarce in hardcover and DJ..
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- Bookseller
- Saucony Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 034048
- Title
- Some Poems and A Devotion of John Donne - The Poet of the Month
- Author
- Donne, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- VG-
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk, CT
- Date Published
- 1941
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Saucony Book Shop
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About the Seller
Saucony Book Shop
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Kutztown, Pennsylvania
About Saucony Book Shop
The Saucony Book Shop, located in the heart of scenic rural Berks County, epicenter of Pennsylvania German folk culture (our shop specialty), offers a full range of gently used, rare, and antiquarian books, with many volumes of scholarly merit and an unabashed emphasis on the quaint, the curious, and the utterly obscure. We make no attempt to be a general-service book shop. Our inventory is highly selective, individually chosen from among the hundreds of thousands of books to which we have access annually at auctions, library and estate sales, and through individual scouts and vendors. We do not handle material that does not meet our expectations in terms of condition or interest to our specialized, idiosyncratic customers. Despite maintaining a browsing inventory of more than 15,000 volumes, we have minimized our carbon footprint by maintaining our entire operation in a cozy ca. 1890 barn and lean-to adjacent to an historic creamery in rural Maxatawny Township. Our shop is available for browsing by appointment and occasionally, in temperate weather, by chance, so email or call ahead to peruse the eclectic selection gracing our shelves, or ask our ferociously over-read staff for recommendations. Selling antiquarian books of merit since 1981. Full search and appraisal services; always keenly interested in purchasing quality used books, whether by the piece or by the bushel. Thanks for reading about us! Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.
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