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PERSONS FROM PORLOCK; And Other Interruptions / by Vincent Starett
de Starrett, Vincent
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- Librería
-
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Chicago: NORMANDIE HOUSE, 1938. First Limited Edition: 1 of 399 copies. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. SIGNED by the Author on the Colophon, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over pale green boards with gold author & title "squared" on front cover, Introduction by George Steele Seymour, archival mylar-protected lettered light green jacket (publisher's bevelled corners), 95 pages + [3] Colophon. Charles VINCENT STARRETT (1886 - 1974), an American author of The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes [1933], as well as detective novels and horror/fantasy stories such as The Quick and the Dead for Arkham House in [1965]); a newspaperman who wrote the column "Books Alive" for the Chicago Tribune; a poet of considerable ability (Autolycus in Limbo [1943]); and very well known bibliophile. <br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL COPY in all respects! No previous owner's signature. Starett's signature is on the Colophon.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 3369
- Título
- PERSONS FROM PORLOCK; And Other Interruptions / by Vincent Starett
- Autor
- Starrett, Vincent
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Cloth and boards
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Limited Edition: 1 of 399 copies
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- NORMANDIE HOUSE
- Lugar de publicación
- Chicago
- Fecha de publicación
- 1938
- Palabras clave
- Sherlockiana, Holmes, Watson, stories, essays, Chicago Tribune, bibliophile, poetry, detectives, horor, fantasy, Chicago
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
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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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
