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Wrecking Crew
by Levis, Larry
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1972. First Edition. Fine/Near Fine. First edition, cloth issue. Signed by Larry Levis on title page, additionally inscribed on half-title to former owner, "These poems, not far from adolescence, &, probably, they show it. [signed] Larry." [viii], 62, [2] pp. Orange cloth, front stamped in blind, spine lettered in black. Fine in an attractive unclipped dust jacket with a tiny closed tear along the fore edge and a little rubbing, else Fine. The poet's first book, winner of the 1971 United States Award of the International Poetry Forum.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140941061
- Title
- Wrecking Crew
- Author
- Levis, Larry
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh
- Date Published
- 1972
- Keywords
- signed, 1971 United States Award of the International Poetry Forum
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Inscribed
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