Light Armour : Playful Poems on Practically Everything
by Armour, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /J Good
- Seller
-
Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: McGraw-Hill. 1954. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". First edition / 2nd Printing.. H Hard Cover -. Very Good. First edition / Second printing. This copy is inscribed by the author on the front endpaper : "Regards of the author, / Richard Armour". There is also a full-page rhyme about left over food written in pen on the last blank page, this appears to be the same pen that the author inscribed the book with but I cannot tell if he wrote the rhyme. Illustrated with b&w drawings by Leo Hershfield. Very good in good dust jacket. Book : slight darkening along very top edge of cover, small name & address stamp on top of front endpaper. Dust : slight soiling to spine, slight wear at top of spine. 13 x 19. hard cover. 121pp. Signed: I Inscribed & Signed By Author
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0793786
- Title
- Light Armour : Playful Poems on Practically Everything
- Author
- Armour, Richard
- Illustrator
- Hershfield, Leo [illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- H Hard Cover -
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- J Good
- Edition
- First edition / 2nd Printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- #13074 signed autographed Inscribed Richard Armour Leo Hershfield
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
About Vashon Island Books
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