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Wales--A Visitation July 29th 1967
by Allen Ginsberg
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Cape Goliard Press, 1968. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. A crisp, well-preserved copy of the 1968 signed/limited. #42 OF 100 COPIES SIGNED AND NUMBERED BY ALLEN GINSBERG at the half-title. Tight and Near Fine in a bright, Near Fine pictorial dustjacket, with just a touch of very light creasing along the edges. (Also includes a very presentable example of the publisher's glassine outer dustjacket, which shows just a bit of light chipping but is clean and all-but-complete). Octavo, also includes the untitled 45 rpm record (and its sleeve) tucked in along the rear pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17981
- Title
- Wales--A Visitation July 29th 1967
- Author
- Allen Ginsberg
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cape Goliard Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- rare poetry, rare Allen Ginsberg, signed Allen Ginsberg, rare Allen Ginsberg signed/limiteds
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
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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...
- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
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