Can You Hear, Bird: Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by John Ashbery
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 0374118310
- ISBN 13
- 9780374118310
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1995. Very Good +/Very Good +. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1995. Stated First Edition. Bookplate signed by Ashbery loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 175 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Blue and black boards stamped in copper.
Unclipped dust jacket is rubbed at edges with some creasing at spine ends. Boards lightly worn at extremities and top of spine a bit nudged. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
Unclipped dust jacket is rubbed at edges with some creasing at spine ends. Boards lightly worn at extremities and top of spine a bit nudged. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8464
- Title
- Can You Hear, Bird: Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- John Ashbery
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0374118310
- ISBN 13
- 9780374118310
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus, and Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1995
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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