ON THIS ISLAND
by Auden, W. H
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Random House, 1937. 68 pp. Brown cloth covers with gilt title on front cover and faded gilt on spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, minor scuffing and marks to cover faces, spine ends/corners rubbed and fraying. Endpapers are tanned and foxed. Interior pages are tanned, some foxing spots. Book in VG- to VG condition.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good-/No Jacket. Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4". Poetry.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007443
- Title
- ON THIS ISLAND
- Author
- Auden, W. H
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1937
- Keywords
- Famous Author, Poems, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Famous Authors; Poetry;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 6 " x 9 1/4"
Terms of Sale
Bee Creek Books
We want you to be happy with your purchase from Bee Creek Books. Your satisfaction is our priority!
Orders may be returned within 30 days and in the same condition as received. If you are not pleased with your purchase, please contact Bee Creek Books before returning the item. You are responsible for the cost of shipping, handling and insurance for the return. Bee Creek Books is not responsible for damages that occur during the return shipping process, so please pack carefully. We highly recommend insuring your return for the full retail price of the item(s). If we have made an obvious mistake in the description of the item, we will refund the cost of return shipping.
About the Seller
Bee Creek Books
Biblio member since 2010
Princeton, New Jersey
About Bee Creek Books
Welcome to Bee Creek Books! We specialize in rare and out of print books in a variety of subjects (fiction to fishing, the arts to agriculture), old government documents, rare periodicals, vintage journals, no longer printed reports and quarterlies, classic maps and charts, photos, and much more!
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
How to identify a rare book
There are several important points to keep in mind when trying to determine if a book can be considered "rare". Read here to learn more.Learn how to determine if a book is rare
Collecting Classic Supernatural Fiction
Classic supernatural fiction is distinct from contemporary horror because it is more literate and often relies upon poetic subtlety rather than unpleasant gratuity to create an atmosphere. Enter if you dare!
