Lot 53 of 230:
Leonard Cohen's The Spice-Box of Earth 1st w/jacket  

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Estimate:
$500 - $800

Title:
The Spice-Box of Earth

Author:
Cohen, Leonard

Place:
Toronto

Publisher:
McClelland & Stewart

Date:
1961

Description:

(8vo), black cloth-backed patterned paper covered boards with photographic portrait of Cohen, patterned endpapers, dust jacket with die cut window showing Cohen's portrait, as issued. First Edition. 

Canadian poet and songwriter Leonard Cohen's second collection of poetry. Published when Cohen was 27 years old, the book brought the poet a measure of early literary acclaim. Scarce with no tears to die cut window.


Lot Amendments

Condition:
Some rubbing and edgewear to jacket with a bit of chipping, some light scuffing and small abraded areas to rear panel; volume with some rubbing to extremities; near fine volume in very good or better jacket.


 
Item number:
297742
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