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THE MAN BEHIND THE BOOK; Literary Profiles
de Auchincloss, Louis
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395827485
- ISBN 13
- 9780395827482
- Librería
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the front endpaper, 8vo, dark brown quarter cloth with gold lettering over dark brown boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting inset of Archimboldo's The Librarian, xi, [xii-xiv] + 208 pages. Louis Auchincloss (1917 - 2010), who grew up as a favored scion of a prestigious old patrician family, became an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novelist who explored the experiences and psychology of American polite society and old money from New England and New York. His dry, ironic works of fiction continue the tradition of Henry James and Edith Wharton. SUPERIOR CONDITION! Tight, no notes (apart from LA's inscription). No remainder markings.
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- Librería
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3662
- Título
- THE MAN BEHIND THE BOOK; Literary Profiles
- Autor
- Auchincloss, Louis
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth and boards
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition, First Printing
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0395827485
- ISBN 13
- 9780395827482
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1996
- Palabras clave
- Aristocrat, Kennedy, JFK, editor, law, history, essays, Henry James, Edith Wharton, patrician, New York City
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Borg Antiquarian
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
Sobre Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- New
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
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- Remainder
- Book(s) which are sold at a very deep discount to alleviate publisher overstock. Often, though not always, they have a remainder...
- First Edition
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