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TRIVIA Printed from the Papers of Anthony Woodhouse, Esq. with TRIVIA with MORE TRIVIA
de SMITH, Logan Pearsall
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- Firmado
- First
- Estado
- Minor soiling, the third volume largely unopened. Close to Fine in custom slipcase
- Librería
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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London: Chiswick Press/Constable & Company, Ltd., 1902/1918/1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor soiling, the third volume largely unopened. Close to Fine in custom slipcase. Three small (@5" x 6-1/2") volumes in original cloth-backed boards with printed paper spine labels, housed in a blue cloth chemise and slipcase by Jas. MacDonald Co. The first volume is one of 300 copies printed. The second volume is the later trade edition of same. The first two volumes with the small bookplate of Maurice Baring on the front pastedowns. The first volume is INSCRIBED "Maurice Baring/from/Logan Pearsall Smith/May 15 1919" on the front endpaper. The second volume is SIGNED on the front endpaper "Logan Pearsall Smith/May 14 1919" and is followed by a HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT piece in four lines from the third volume, "In the Cage," with some changes of words: "'My own view is, my own view!'/I vociferate, as a parrot in the/great cage of the world, I hop/screeching, 'My own view is!' from/perch to perch."
Maurice Baring was a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator, essayist, travel writer, and war correspondent. The protagonist of G. K. Chesterton's collection of detective stories THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, Horne Fisher, is said to be based on Baring.
Maurice Baring was a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator, essayist, travel writer, and war correspondent. The protagonist of G. K. Chesterton's collection of detective stories THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, Horne Fisher, is said to be based on Baring.
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- Charles Agvent
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 020759
- Título
- TRIVIA Printed from the Papers of Anthony Woodhouse, Esq. with TRIVIA with MORE TRIVIA
- Autor
- SMITH, Logan Pearsall
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Minor soiling, the third volume largely unopened. Close to Fine in custom slipcase
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Chiswick Press/Constable & Company, Ltd.
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1902/1918/1922
- Palabras clave
- Signed, Association Copy, Limited, Modern First Editions, Inscribed, Maurice Baring
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Association Copy;
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- Puede que se trate de un conjunto de varios volúmenes y requiera de gastos de envío adicionales.
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Charles Agvent
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Charles Agvent
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
Sobre Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
