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Imaginary Landscape: Making Worlds of Myth and Science
by THOMPSON, William Irwin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0312028091
- ISBN 13
- 9780312028091
- Seller
-
Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First American edition. Octavo. 198pp. Page edges foxed, near fine in a near fine dust jacket with modest edgewear. Poet and educator Daniel Hoffman's copy sent to him from the author for his review. Laid in is a lengthy handwritten letter on The Lindisfarne Association letterhead Inscribed by the author and addressed to Professor Hoffman. Also, laid in is William Thompson's Guggenheim Application typed (unsigned) letter and Daniel Hoffman's review response. A unique association copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 424575
- Title
- Imaginary Landscape: Making Worlds of Myth and Science
- Author
- THOMPSON, William Irwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0312028091
- ISBN 13
- 9780312028091
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Science, Philosophy, AssociationCopy, AdvanceCopy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Edges
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- Fine
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- Foxed
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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