Selected Poems and Parodies of Louis Untermeyer

Louis Untermeyer

Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First edition.

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Book: Very Good
Our ref: RCB-63b08200d2fe

What we checked, and where to see itRCB-63b08200d2fe · 9 photographs of this copy

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Title page reads SELECTED POEMS AND PARODIES OF LOUIS UNTERMEYER / HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY / NEW YORK

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Printed by Quinn & Boden Company, Rahway, N.J.; typography by Robert Josephy

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No number line and no printing statement present (era predates number lines)

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Rear board is blank cloth with no book-club blind stamp

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Flaws, each one named

Sunning/fading and rubbing to the cloth, most visible along the spine

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General shelf wear and light soiling to boards

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Rubbed/worn corners and spine ends

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Age-toning to page-block edges

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Light foxing/soiling spots to title and copyright leaves

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This copy

First edition

What a true first shows: First edition of this collected volume: Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, with copyright dates running through 1935 (latest year on the page) and no later-printing statement. This title predates ISBNs and number lines.

Photographs show the exact copy you will receive. Every flaw we found is listed above; if we missed one, the return is on us.