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American Child, A Sonnet Sequence
by Engle, Paul
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1945. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front endpage -" For Alice Edwards with Monmouth greetings. Paul Engle, Oct. 1946." Additionally, laid in is a Typed Postcard Signed, dated Mar.25, 1947, addressed to C.A. Owen, who was a professor of English at the Monmouth College in Illinois, that reads -" Iowa City March 23, 1947 Dear Mr. Owen, At Grinnell, April 24,25,26, there will be a writer's conference. I don't know all the speakers, but I am talking the evening of April 24, John Crowe Ransom twice April 25, and Allen Tate twice April 26. Prof. Paul S. Wood at Grinnell College is the man to write to for exact information. My visit to Monmouth was a pleasant interlude of a rainy autumn week. I should like to come back again. I had the feeling you were doing a good job with that group of young students there. Keep it up. Sincerely, Paul Engle." Book is Fine in a Very Good Minus dustjacket, 1/2" chips at head of spine and bottom corner front panel, vertical tear at spine fold separating the jacket into two parts( virtually undetectable inside Brodart sleeve). A nice ASSOCIATION COPY. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Association Copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004744
- Title
- American Child, A Sonnet Sequence
- Author
- Engle, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- Association Copy
- An association copy is a copy of a book which has been signed and inscribed by the author for a personal friend, colleague, or...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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