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Tower of Ivory
by MacLeish, Archibald
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
New Haven: Yale University Press. Very Good. 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Gray paper boards with title label on front board and spine; fore edge deckled; housed in an off-white clamshell box with leather title label on spine. Boards have light wear to all edges and spine, and light soiling; pencil marginalia from previous owner on front endpaper, otherwise clean. Includes poems such as "Our Lady of Troy," "Echo" and "An Eternity." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 71 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018193
- Title
- Tower of Ivory
- Author
- MacLeish, Archibald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven
- Date Published
- 1917
- Keywords
- Poetry, Literature, Archibald Macleish
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Back of Beyond Books
Biblio member since 2022
Moab, Utah
About Back of Beyond Books
Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
Glossary
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- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Marginalia
- Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
- 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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