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BURNING BUSH. Inscribed and signed by Louis Untermeyer.
by Untermeyer, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good+ condition/Very good- condition (DJ)
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1928. Book. Very good+ condition. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. Octavo (8vo). 109 pages of text. Maroon hardcover cloth binding with the slightest of shelfwear, and minor darkening of gilt spine lettering. Dustjacket is slightly rubbed at extremities, with sun darkening and one small stain on the spine, as well as slight chipping to spine extremities; protected in archival mylar. Inscribed on front endpaper "for Charlotte R. Fisher, Cordially [signed] Louis Untermeyer. 1929." Autograph..
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Details
- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002987
- Title
- BURNING BUSH. Inscribed and signed by Louis Untermeyer.
- Author
- Untermeyer, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good+ condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very good- condition (DJ)
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
Terms of Sale
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
For most items, media mail shipping will cost $3.95 and Priority $7.95, and insurance is available for an additional cost. Books guaranteed to be as described; condition guaranteed if sent insured. Authenticity guaranteed on autograph and manuscript material. All items returnable within 10 days; notification of return is required; a small restocking fee may apply if return is due to customer error. Shipping rates are for normal octavo (8vo) titles; heavy, oversize (folio and quarto 4to), multi-volumes sets and special services such as insurance are extra.
About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Primarily mail-order and shows; open bookstore only by appointment or invitation; select inventory of 30,000+ books, ephemera, autographs, maps and manuscript material. Most dustjackets protected in archival mylar. Many books without dustjackets protected in custom archival mylar. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), The Manuscript Society, and the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA) (formerly the Midwest Bookhunters or MWBH). Proprietor: Kurt Gippert.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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