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The Collected Poems of John Russell Hayes
by Hayes, John Russell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: The Biddle Press, 1916. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Very Good cloth first edition with gilt lettering on cover and spine. No DJ. SIGNED by author on front loose endpaper with inscribed quote from one of his poems in the volume. Spine is straight and tight. Light shelf wear to bottom of spine. Some staining to edges of pages becomes evident at about page 102 and continues through the rest of the volume. No markings, creases, or tears except on pages 483-5, where there is a 1/8 inch closed tear at the bottom of the pages. 484 pages.
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- Bookseller
- William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000259
- Title
- The Collected Poems of John Russell Hayes
- Author
- Hayes, John Russell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Biddle Press
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1916
- Pages
- 484
- Keywords
- Poetry, literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
Biblio member since 2018
Greenwood, South Carolina
About William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts
William Ramsey Rare Books & Manuscripts specializes in modern poetry and southern history, with an emphasis on first and signed editions.
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
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