A Mask for Janus
by W.S. Merwin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1952. Boards. Very Good. The uncommon 1952 1st edition of poet W.S. Merwin's first publiished book. Solid and VG in its light-blue boards, with fading along the spine and a touch of very light soiling to the panels. Lacking the dustjacket. Octavo, edited by W.H. Auden. #49 in the formidable "Yale Series of Younger Poets", which also included the first books published by James Agee, Muriel Rukeyser and Adrienne Rich, among others.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18109
- Title
- A Mask for Janus
- Author
- W.S. Merwin
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- rare poetry, rare W.S. Merwin, rare first books, rare poets' first books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Appledore Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...