Testimony of the Root
Language: English
Published by Bruce Humphries, Inc., Boston, 1941
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: The Archives, Manassas, VA, U.S.A.The Archives
AbeBooks seller since December 10, 2024
Association member: ESA
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 34.95
Quantity: 1 available
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Testimony of the Root. Fay Lewis Noble. Boston: Bruce Humphries, Inc., 1941. Hardcover, 59 pages. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Condition: Book Near Fine, tight, bright, and pages clean, unmarked. Dust jacket present and unclipped at $1.50, but separated at the spine (panels detached); inside rear flap blank; rear panel advertises John Wheelwright’s Political Self-Portrait. Flaps are neatly connected to front and back panels. Provenance: Signed/inscribed by the author on the front endpaper: “For Brother Paul and Phoebe Ann, With Love, Fay Lewis Noble.” Edition note: 1941 Bruce Humphries edition; no later printings noted (typical small-press issue). A scarce, author-inscribed collection from a noted Boston poetry publisher. Multiple poetry references credit Noble with creating an invented verse form called the “Quintette” (three 5-line stanzas with a refrained line and prescribed meter/rhyme).
Seller Inventory # NF.NOB.1941.1
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Testimony of the Root
- Author
- Fay Lewis Noble
- Publisher
- Bruce Humphries, Inc., Boston
- Publication year
- 1941
- Condition
- Very good
- Dust jacket
- Poor
- Signed
- Inscribed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Non-Fiction, Poetry
The Archives
Manassas, VA, U.S.A.
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The Archives
VA, U.S.A.
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