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Collected Poems 1947-1980 (Signed)
by Ginsberg, Allen
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No DJ as issued
- Seller
-
Madison, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Row, 1988. First Paperback Edition, Fifth Printing. Signed with hand drawings by author. Softcover. Octavo. 9.25 x 6 inches. xxi, 837, [3] pp. Near Fine in wrappers. Illustrated. Red wrappers with triple-fish design on front. Author's signature and date (10/1/92), on the title page verso with circled "AH" beneath. Above the signature the author has drawn a mound, along which is written the location of the signing (Hawley-Cooke Bookshop, Louisville). Growing from the mound the author has drawn a small serpent and a large sunflower with the letters "AH" in its center. A Star of David and crescent moon are drawn in the upper left corner. On the title page, the author has drawn the sun centered with the letters "AH" in the upper right and inscribed, "for Dan Cooke," beneath his name and above the title. Illustrated with black and white sketches by Ginsberg and others. Copious Notes section includes musical notation of songs composed by Ginsberg and photographs of notable individuals and events. Binding square and tight. Wrappers un-faded, clean and glossy, with no chips or tears. Light rubbing and edge-wear. Some wrinkling to flyleaf with tiny amount of material missing at top leading corner. Pages bright, clean, and unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000024
- Title
- Collected Poems 1947-1980 (Signed)
- Author
- Ginsberg, Allen
- Format/Binding
- Red illustrated wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No DJ as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Fifth Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 837
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Beats, poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2008
Madison, Indiana
About Village Lights Bookstore, ABAA/ILAB
Village Lights Bookstore opened as a brick-and-mortar shop in 2008. We are a "mom & pop" business, and we live in the same building. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America, the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers, the American Booksellers Association, and the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. We offer a modest, but diverse, selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian items, as well as select higher quality new books. We carefully grade our books in accordance with IOBA Book Condition Definitions (https://www.ioba.org/conditions-definitions), describe them using standard ABAA terminology (https://www.abaa.org/glossary), and painstakingly package them to prevent damage in transit. We value direct communication, so please feel free to call if you have questions about our listings or to confirm that an item is still on hand. And consider visiting us on Main Street in the heart of downtown Madison, Indiana, the country's largest contiguous National Historic Landmark District, and a Designated Indiana Cultural District, on the banks of the beautiful Ohio River.
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- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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- Octavo
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
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