Description
For sale: a Rare and Exceptional first hardcover edition, first printing of As: A Surfeit of Similes by David Small. First Edition stated, 1989 Random House. First Printing with complete number line 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10.
The book is in Near Fine condition with clean, bright boards, strong title gilt on the straight spine, clean page blocks, tight binding, no spine tilt, lightly rolled spine ends, no edge wear, . The interior of the book is in Near Fine condition with the previous owner’s blind stamp on the first free end paper and no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
The dust jacket is in Near Fine condition with mild edge wear, the price is intact on the front flap.
This version defines the mode of comparison known as simile and provides many examples in rhyming text.
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