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Where Shall I Wander: New Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
by John Ashbery
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Ecco, 2005. Very Good+/Very Good. New York: Ecco, 2005. First Edition. Bookplate signed by Ashbery loosely laid in at front. Octavo. 81 pages. Illustrated dust jacket. Pale blue boards stamped in gilt.
Unclipped dust jacket shows a trace of wear to edges and a clean, horizontal razor slit at center of spine. Boards lightly worn at extremities; slight lean to spine. Binding error to last page with creasing and slight offset. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked.
Unclipped dust jacket shows a trace of wear to edges and a clean, horizontal razor slit at center of spine. Boards lightly worn at extremities; slight lean to spine. Binding error to last page with creasing and slight offset. Remainder mark to bottom edge. Binding sound and pages unmarked.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7958
- Title
- Where Shall I Wander: New Poems [Signed Bookplate Laid in]
- Author
- John Ashbery
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
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- Remainder Mark
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- 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....
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