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We Touch The Sky
by McKuen, Rod
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Elm Tree Books Hamish Hamilton, (1979). First Edition. First Printing Fine in green cloth covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine and a gilt sketch of McKuen on the front board. An octovo of 8 1/2 by 5 3/8 inches. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with a hint of rubbing at the upper edge of the spine area. Signed, inscribed and dated "With love to Phil from Tthea & Rod McKuen November, 1993" on the fly title page by the author in green flow tip pen. (153) pages of poetry.
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- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB29764
- Title
- We Touch The Sky
- Author
- McKuen, Rod
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Elm Tree Books Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1979)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Price Clipped
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Title Page
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