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THE SPECTRA HOAX
by Smith, William Jay
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.. 1961.. Fine. - Octavo, cloth, in dw. The dw is lightly rubbed with foxing to the folds. ix & 158 pp. B&W illustrations. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>The story of the highly successful hoax perpetrated by Witter Bynner and Arthur Davison Ficke, who invented the "Spectric" school of poets in reaction to what they saw as the absurdity of many recent "schools".
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6888
- Title
- THE SPECTRA HOAX
- Author
- Smith, William Jay
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1961.
- Date Published
- 1961.
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; POETRY; POEMS; LITERARY HOAX; HOAX; SPECTRA; EMANUEL MORGAN; ANNE KNISH; WYTTER BYNNER; ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE; WILLIAM JAY SMITH; ILLUSTRATIONS; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION. (Literature). (Literary Hoax). THE SPECTRA HOAX. Smith, William Jay.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Payment with order from individuals. Items are offered subject to prior sale. All purchases are subject to your approval, returnable within 10 days. New York State residents please add sales tax to your purchases. All items are guaranteed authentic and as described.
About the Seller
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Biblio member since 2003
Cadyville, New York
About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. (incorporated 1989) is a general antiquarian book store which buys and sells collections and individual items of significance. Booksellers Ric Zank and Daniel Meunier each bring to the business over 18 years of experience in seeking out and offering for sale unusual, uncommon and rare books, autographs, and ephemera in all fields. Our office is open 7 days a week from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and frequently later. An answering machine will take your message after hours and when we are out of the office.
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- Fine
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