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A Worldy Country: New Poems
by Ashbery, John
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0061173835
- ISBN 13
- 9780061173837
- Seller
-
Hopewell, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ecco, 2007. First Edition, First Printing.
Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 235 x 160 mm), 76 pages, in burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
Small Quarto (9 1/4 x 6 3/8 inches; 235 x 160 mm), 76 pages, in burgundy cloth, gilt titles to spine, in an illustrated, unclipped dust jacket (hard cover).
A collection of poems from one of the greatest American poets of the 20th century. A gorgeous copy with the dust jacket depicting a detail from Jane Freilicher's painting, "Afternoon in the City." Ashbery and Freilicher were longtime friends.
CONDITION: Fine in a Fine dust jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1547
- Title
- A Worldy Country: New Poems
- Author
- Ashbery, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0061173835
- ISBN 13
- 9780061173837
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
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About the Seller
Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Biblio member since 2009
Hopewell, New Jersey
About Le Bookiniste, ABAA-ILAB-IOBA
Specializing in Art, Drama, Espionage, Journalism, Poetry, and Radicalism.
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