WHAT A KINGDOM IT WAS
by KINNELL, Galway
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good + in a very good jacket.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1960. First Edition. Very good + in a very good jacket.. First edition of the first book of poetry by this Pulitzer-winning American poet. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter light-gray cloth over black boards, in photographic dust jacket. Very good plus, in a very good DJ. SIGNED by Kinnell in 1963 at title page. Mild edgewear, small nicks and surface rubbing to jacket; light toning. Book shows two small ticks to boards. Interior bright and clean throughout (with at least one textual correction presumably by Kinnell himself). 83pp. Includes ephemera from Kinnell's appearance at Wabash College, where he signed this book.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42633
- Title
- WHAT A KINGDOM IT WAS
- Author
- KINNELL, Galway
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good + in a very good jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Riverside Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1960
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About the Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2004
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Brian Cassidy Bookseller is the counterculture department of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm founded in 2019 by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. BCB @ TPM specializes in the avant garde in all its various guises, including: The Beats; artists' books; poetry; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); modern and contemprary art; photography; music; archives and appraisals; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds. We are always looking to purchase books within my areas of interest, from single titles to collections. Please inquire. We are open by appointment and are easily accessible by public transit.
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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...
- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.