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Lyrics of a Low Brow
de Service, Robert
- Usado
- near fine
- Estado
- near fine
- Librería
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1951. Undetermined. near fine. 1st US Edition. x, 182pp. Octavo. Green cloth covered boards with black strip and gilt lettering to spine. Mild wear to extremities with slight fading to top edge of boards. Internally clean, bright and tight. Decorative bookplate from previous owner affixed to front pastedown. In dust jacket illustrated with green curtains and white writing, price clipped. Jacket shows some mild scratching and wear (mainly at edges) with slight soiling to back cover. Ends of spine display a subtle chipping. A nice copy in great jacket. near fine Mitham A31 a. In this book of verses, as the title suggests, Service writes for the common man. In 'Dawson Ditties' he harkens back to his Klondike days and the girls of the gambling saloons and dance halls. He also pays tribute to literary figures Rex Beach and Jack London in the poem 'Two Men'. 1951
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Detalles
- Librería
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 136412
- Título
- Lyrics of a Low Brow
- Autor
- Service, Robert
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Undetermined
- Estado del libro
- Usado - near fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1951
- Palabras clave
- Canadian Author|Canadian Lit|Canadian Literature|First Edition|Poetry|Robert W Service
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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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
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- Fine
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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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Price Clipped
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