EMPIRE OF SKIN - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
by Clark, Tom
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Stephenson, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1997. First Edition. Deluxe Issue, one of no more than a half-dozen copies specially bound and signed by the author for members within the inner circle of the press, each with an original signed illustration tipped in (this one marked "Binder's Copy" on the colophon). Octavo (23.5cm); decorative paper-covered boards and patterned cloth backstrip, with title label mounted to spine; publisher's original acetate dustjacket; [10],11-232,[4]pp. Fine, in a lightly rubbed, Near Fine dustjacket. A collection of poems documenting the maritime fur trade.
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- Bookseller
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6685
- Title
- EMPIRE OF SKIN - THE BINDER'S COPY, SIGNED
- Author
- Clark, Tom
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Black Sparrow Press
- Place of Publication
- Santa Rosa
- Date Published
- 1997
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About the Seller
Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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Stephenson, Virginia
About Captain Ahab's Rare Books
Founded in 2010, Captain Ahab's Rare Books specializes in first editions of literature, genre fiction, film-related books and ephemera, zines, manuscript and archival material.
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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- Tipped In
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