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SONGS OF SUMMER
by Riley, James Whitcomb
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Grosset and Dunlap, 1908. Book. Illus. by Will Vawter;. Very Good. Hardcover. First Printing - First Thus. 12mo. 190 pp. Orange cloth decorated in black and gray on the front panel and spine; illustrated with black and white paintings by Will Vawter. Light wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges and a chip from the head of the spine; faint foxing in the endpapers; hinges tight, gutters intact. This contains far too many poems to list them all but some of the highlights are: An Old Friend; At Ninety in the Shade; August; The Ballade of the Coming Rain; Down Around the River; In Swimming Time; In the South; The Little Red Ribbon; and many more..
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Details
- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226832
- Title
- SONGS OF SUMMER
- Author
- Riley, James Whitcomb
- Illustrator
- Will Vawter;
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- Publisher
- Grosset and Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- american author; writer; poet; three name poets;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
W. Fraser Sandercombe
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About the Seller
W. Fraser Sandercombe
Biblio member since 2004
Burlington, Ontario
About W. Fraser Sandercombe
We are primarily an Internet-only bookstore, selling on-line for over twenty-three years; our shop can, however, be visited by appointment through an e-mail. We specialize in First Editions and collectible books (and usually have around 500 signed editions in stock at any given moment) ranging through most of the genres: Fantasy; Horror; Science Fiction; Mysteries; and a good selection of Literature; Historical Adventure; History; Outdoors; True Crime; and Assorted Non-fiction. We stock roughly 9000 books and add to our catalogues regularly.
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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