The Star-Treader and Other Poems
by Smith, Clark Ashton
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
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Austin, Texas, United States
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About This Item
First edition hardback, a Very Good copy with a long crease running down the middle part of the spine and traces of wear to cloth, front hinge just starting at bottom, slight bumping at head and heel and page blocks dusty, in a Very Good dust jacket with faint soiling to front and rear, a 1/2″ x 1/8″ chip at rear heel join, shallow chipping at head, and crease to top front corner. Inscribed twice by Smith (the first apparently with a fountain pen, the second with a ballpoint): "Clark Ashton Smith/Auburn, Cal/Nov. 27th, 1912" then "For Harry Rosenberry/with sincere compliments/of Clark Ashton Smith/Apr. 14th, 1961," which was exactly four months before his death. Poetry collection, and Smith's first book. Joshi/Schultz/Conners, Clark Ashton Smith: A Comprehensive Bibliography A.1.a. Bleiler Checklist (1978), page 181. Sidney-Fryer, Emperor of Dreams, page 128. Note: The line of white at the bottom of the dj scans is glare from the dust jacket protector, not any loss of material.
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- Lame Excuse Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LP3319
- Title
- The Star-Treader and Other Poems
- Author
- Smith, Clark Ashton
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A.M. Robertson
- Date Published
- 1912
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Science Fiction; Signed; Horror;
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