Slabs of the Sunburnt West.
by Sandburg, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Company, 1922. 8vo, viii, 75 pp. Original burnt orange cloth with small ticket of Gotham Book Mart at the foot of the rear pastedown. Slight fading to the backstrip and lower cover, top of text block a little dusty, binding tight, pages clean, very good. No dust-jacket. § First edition, first issue with 75 pages only. The collection dates from Sandburg's incredibly productive years in Elmhurst, Illinois and includes his great poem on Chicago, "The Windy City". Sandburg won three Pulitzer's for his writings. After his death in 1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson wrote of him "Carl Sandburg was more than the voice of America, more than the poet of its strength and genius. He was America.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110508
- Title
- Slabs of the Sunburnt West.
- Author
- Sandburg, Carl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller
John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller offers an exceptional selection of rare books and manuscripts from medieval times through the twentieth century; we specialize in illustrated material, particularly the work of William Blake and his circle. Located in downtown San Francisco, we have served an international clientele of private collectors, libraries, and institutions for 35 years. We are actively purchasing books and manuscripts in all fields, especially medieval illuminated and text manuscripts; material on California, Hawaii, and Pacific voyages; illustrated books and fine bindings from the 15th through the 20th century; and fine press printing. William Blake, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Thomas Frognall Dibdin remain special interests. We are members of the ABAA, ILAB, and PBFA, and we subscribe to the code of ethics endorsed by reputable antiquarian booksellers worldwide.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.