Marbled Paper
by James Merrill
- Used
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Salem, OR: Charles Seluzicki Fine Books, 1982. Original wraps. Very Good +. The 1982 1st edition, limited to 200 copies signed by James Merrill at the colophon. A solid, crisp copy. Tight and VG+ in its thick wrappers, with very light creasing to the panels and light offsetting along the spine and the front panel's top-edge. Printed by Christine Bertelson at the Rara Avis Press in Riverside, CA. "The illustrations were taken from photographs of funeral masks unearthed by Heinrich Schliemann at Mycenae."
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19953
- Title
- Marbled Paper
- Author
- James Merrill
- Format/Binding
- Original wraps
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Charles Seluzicki Fine Books
- Place of Publication
- Salem, OR
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- rare poetry, rare James Merrill, signed James Merrill
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
All books are offered subject to prior sale. Materials are returnable within 1 week of receipt provided prior notice is given.
About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
Buy and sell - rare, unusual and antiquarian - art, photography, literature, scholarly, sports, childrens, bindings.
Glossary
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- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...