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Umbra
by Pound, Ezra
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews, 1920. First Edition, Signed Limited Issue. Near Fine. First edition, signed limited issue. Number 98 of 100 copies numbered and signed by Ezra Pound. Bound in publisher's grey paper covered boards over vellum spine lettered in gilt. Jack Yeats-designed bookplate of former owner San Francisco poet Frederick Reid and his wife to front paste down. Near Fine with light toning to edges of boards and endsheets. A beautiful copy. Gallop A20b.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140938791
- Title
- Umbra
- Author
- Pound, Ezra
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Signed Limited Issue
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1920
- Keywords
- Modernist, Poetry, Modernism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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