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THE MEMORY OF WAR: Poems, 1968-1982
by Fenton, James
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- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Salamander Press, 1982. First Edition. First issue. Red cloth, gilt spine lettering in dust jacket; large 8vo. 93 pp. One of "the first 600 copies issued between June and September 1982" (of 3000 eventually printed) with a stanza missing on page 27. Includes the errata sheet/pamphlet and a solicitation piece from The Poetry Book Society. A fine copy in like dust jacket. (Now protected by a removable archival Jacket.).
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66041
- Title
- THE MEMORY OF WAR
- Author
- Fenton, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Salamander Press
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1982
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Jacket
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