The shelf · Poetry · Selected Poems and Parodies of Louis Untermeyer

First edition

Selected Poems and Parodies of Louis Untermeyer

Louis Untermeyer
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1935. First edition.
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Title page reads SELECTED POEMS AND PARODIES OF LOUIS UNTERMEYER / HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY / NEW YORK
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Copyright block lists 1911 (Sherman, French), 1917 (Untermeyer), and 1914-1935 (Harcourt, Brace) — latest year 1935
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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
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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
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.

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