Click for full-size.
Bright Ambush
by Wurdemann, Audrey
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/fair
- Seller
-
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: John Day Company, [1934]. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. 8vo. [14], 76, [2] pp. Bound in full green cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine, in gray dust jacket printed in black. Inscribed by Poet on front free endpaper: "To Carolyn Savidge/Audrey Wurdemann/May 29,1934." Wurdemann won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for this, her first collection of poems. Very Good+, age-toning to pages, otherwise internally clean, rubbing and bumping to head and tail of spine and extremities, gilt lettering on spine is dulled, in Fair heavily age-toned dust jacket, front cover is detached, all but top two inches of spine is missing, heavy chipping and wear to extremities, horizontal mark across middle of rear cover.
Synopsis
Bright Ambush is a book of poems written by Audrey Wurdemann in 1934. In May, 1935 Wurdemann won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for the book. She was the youngest person to win the prize for poetry.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Garnet Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002973
- Title
- Bright Ambush
- Author
- Wurdemann, Audrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Day Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1934]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Signed / Inscribed;
Terms of Sale
Garnet Books
30 day return guarantee. Full refund for up to 30 days after delivery, If an item arrives misdescribed or damaged, shipping costs will also be refunded.
About the Seller
Garnet Books
Biblio member since 2008
Newark, New Jersey
About Garnet Books
Selling used books online since 2007.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting Little Golden Books
These iconic childrens board books are collectible if you can find an original in great condition! Learn more about collecting Little Golden Books.
Collect modern first editions
Biblio is showcasing the top book published every year starting in 1919. See if your favorite modern first edition made the list! Check out our collecting first editions by the year.
Also Recommended
-
-
-
-
-
Save 10% on every purchase!
Join the Bibliophiles’ Club and start saving 10% on every book.
$29.95 / Year
