The shelf · Antipoems: New and Selected
First edition
Antipoems: New and Selected
Nicanor Parra
New Directions. First edition, later printing.
$25One copy · this copy
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- Book
- Near Fine
- Our ref
- RCB-36cfad9b1885
What we checked, and where to see itRCB-36cfad9b1885 · 8 photographs of this copy
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Copyright page states "First published clothbound and as New Directions Paperbook 603 in 1985"
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True first is the 1985 issue; clothbound ISBN 0-8112-0959-8, paperback ISBN 0-8112-0960-1
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This copy carries an ISBN-13 (978-) on the rear cover, a format post-dating the 1985 first
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Rear cover references a "subsequent volume ...
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published by New Directions in 2004," proving this printing post-dates 2004
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Rear cover price $17.95 US / $22.50 CAN is consistent with a post-2000s reprint, not a 1985 issue
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Flaws, each one named
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light soiling/smudge to front cover near center (around the arrow motif), photo 1
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faint handling marks to front cover
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This copy
First edition
What a true first shows: First published clothbound and as New Directions Paperbook 603 in 1985 (New Directions, New York).
Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.