WATCHBOY, WHAT OF THE NIGHT
by Cassity, Turner
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. The poet's first book, inscribed and dated in the year of publication by Cassity on the half-title: "For Mr. + Mrs. Morton, this collection of stills from the late movie, Turner Cassity, 13 Oct 1966". Octavo. Original gray cloth binding, with black and blue titles. Some mild foxing along the edges and to the dust jacket; otherwise very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69415
- Title
- WATCHBOY, WHAT OF THE NIGHT
- Author
- Cassity, Turner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Place of Publication
- Middletown, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
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Covina, California
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Edges
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