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A Day in Manhattan
by SULLIVAN, A. M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co, 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 111, (1). Bound in full light blue cloth with gilt lettering stamped on front cover and spine. Age-toning to extremities of cover, dust jacket with trifle wear to extremities. In sum, a solid, presentable copy. Inscribed on the FFEP in ink by the poet, whose tenure as president of the Poetry Society of America spanned five terms: "For my Friend Melville Cane from A. M. Sullivan with best wishes Feb. 18, 1942". Cane, a well regarded poet and known in his time for "Making a Poem" (1953), is chiefly known as legal counsel to William Saroyan, Thomas Wolfe, Sinclair Lewis, Ayn Rand, Upton Sinclair and others. Super cool dust jacket, depicting the Manhattan skyline, is now protected in a clear, removable, archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1593
- Title
- A Day in Manhattan
- Author
- SULLIVAN, A. M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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