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- Hardcover
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Seller: Smokey Mountain Bookman, Franklin, NC, U.S.A.Smokey Mountain Bookman
AbeBooks seller since October 25, 2024
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 75.00
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Rawlins, Winifred. BEFORE NO HIGH ALTARS. New York: Exposition Press (1955). FIRST EDITION. Poetry. TED SHAWN ASSOCIATIONCOPY. Lengthy dated (July 1958) and inscribed presentation to Ted Shawn, Father of American Dance, on front free endpaper, signed by friends ofTed Shawn; "It can be said, - of Ted Shawn, Knight of Dannebrog [Shawn was knighted by the King of Denmark] Lair of Jacobs Pillow." Quotesthe last stanza of Winifred Rawlin's poem "The Stairway" [p29] and finishes with "Thoughts from over a half Century of friendship." Signed by HelenRowell Snyder and Harold ________ Snyder. Early poetry volume by Rawlins who was prone to metaphsical poetry and was a member of theSociety of Friends. 55pp, thin 8vo, red lettering on spine, gray cloth (hardcover). Cloth discoloring at bottom edge; endpapers toned; unmarked,clean, tightly bound; generally in very good condition. (Scarce.).
Seller Inventory # W1635
Bibliographic details
- Title
- BEFORE NO HIGH ALTARS
- Author
- Rawlins, Winifred
- Publisher
- Exposition Press
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Smokey Mountain Bookman
Franklin, NC, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since October 25, 2024
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This collection of books belonged to my Father. He was an Antiquarian Bookseller most of his life. He owned and operated a retail bookstore for over 50 years in Florida. He then retired to the North Carolina Mountains where he continued to collect and sell books. Each one of these titles were hand held, personally described, and added to his inventory of collectibles.
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