TELL ME, TELL ME: Granite, Steel, and Other Topics
by MOORE, Marianne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good + in a very good jacket.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Viking Press, 1966. Very good + in a very good jacket.. First edition of this collection of Moore's poems and prose works, written between 1957 and 1966. hardcover. 8vo. Bright blue cloth spine over grey marbled paper boards. In black and blue dust jacket. Front flap price-clipped. Light shelfwear/scuffing to edges. Original bookseller label affixed to rear paste-down. Very good plus in very good jacket. Laid in are two brief correspondence from Moore. The first a letter to her from a librarian requesting permission to send a book for signing, with a brief response from Moore and signed by her. And a similar postcard from the same sender, with Moore's one word response and signature. The book, however, is unsigned and apparently never sent.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43854
- Title
- TELL ME, TELL ME: Granite, Steel, and Other Topics
- Author
- MOORE, Marianne
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good + in a very good jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
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About the Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2004
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Brian Cassidy Bookseller is the counterculture department of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm founded in 2019 by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. BCB @ TPM specializes in the avant garde in all its various guises, including: The Beats; artists' books; poetry; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); modern and contemprary art; photography; music; archives and appraisals; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds. We are always looking to purchase books within my areas of interest, from single titles to collections. Please inquire. We are open by appointment and are easily accessible by public transit.
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- First Edition
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- Marbled Paper
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- Paste-down
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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