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SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC: Robinson Jeffers and the Tragic Sense in Modern Poetry
by (Jeffers, Robinson), by Rudolph Gilbert
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- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Middletown, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Bruce Humphries, 1936. First edition. Only 1,000 copies printed. INSCRIBED BY GILBERT, "To/ Florence and Dr. Vessie/ with deep appreciation/ Rudolph 1936." Near fine with few pages roughly opened; in good, somewhat soiled dust jacket tanned at spine with chipping on spine ends and corners and internal archival tape repair to few tears. Scarce signed.
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- Bookseller
- Quill & Brush
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55753
- Title
- SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC: Robinson Jeffers and the Tragic Sense in Modern Poetry
- Author
- (Jeffers, Robinson), by Rudolph Gilbert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bruce Humphries
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1936
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Middletown, Maryland
About Quill & Brush
Quill & Brush was established in 1976 by Allen & Patricia Ahearn, the authors of the well-respected reference for booksellers and collectors, Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values.At present the Quill & Brush is run by the Ahearns' eldest daughter, Beth Fisher. Allen is semi-retired but continues to buy, sell, and perform professional appraisals.
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