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WALT WHITMAN complete verse selected prose & letters
by Emory Holloway (Editor) - FIRST EDITION
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Nonesuch Press, 1938 Clearly stated, as required, 'First Edition 1938' on the copyright page. The unclipped jacket is protected but there are some damaged sections, none of them 'live', and the book has a neat inscription on the end paper. Rust coloured fine cloth binding is not sun damaged, gilt titling to spine, solid covers with delightful chamfered edges, and the text block is stained on the top. Handsome Nonesuch edition, very collectable. Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng. 1st Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- the booksniffer
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ABE-11182037023
- Title
- WALT WHITMAN complete verse selected prose & letters
- Author
- Emory Holloway (Editor) - FIRST EDITION
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition.
- Publisher
- Nonesuch Press
- Date Published
- 1938
Terms of Sale
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All goods returnable without question
About the Seller
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Biblio member since 2005
Lewes, East Sussex
About the booksniffer
Modern First Editions, signed where possible, adult and young adult, illustrated books, Antiquarian. And, apart from the book selling, I am a writer and painter. Look at my stuff online at peterkettle.com and buy my prize winning novel, The Driftwood Giraffe on kindle.
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- Cloth
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- Text Block
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