The Venetian Glass Nephew. de Wylie, Elinor (Elinor Morton Hoyt Hichborn Wylie Benet), 1885-1928

UsedGood. First edition, 1925. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. No jacket. Appears to be ex-lib, but only indicator is a stamp on front endpaper. No card pockets or other markings. Cover a bit rubbed with age, gilt titles fading but still faintly visible. Spine cracked, all pages intact. Mild yellowing to page edges. Text clean and unmarked. Good copy overall.

George Doran, 1925. Hardcover. Acceptable. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chicago: Academy Chicago Publishers, 1984. 8vo size trade paperback From back: "On a visit to Venice in 1782, the Cardinal Peter Innocent Bon, who has always desired a nephew, consults the great glassblower Alvise Luna and the famous conjuror Giacomo Casanova. For a good price these two devise a beautiful nephew made of Ventian glass. The good Cardinal is delighted and names his nephew Virginio. Alas, a problem arises: there is enough of Casanova in Virginio so that he falls in love with the exquisite Rosalba and marries her. But can his marriage be consumated?" Edgewear, slight crease to top corner. . Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

George H Doran, 1925. hardcover. very good: age wear to boards, spine sunned, bookplate front paste down, some foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 182pp. first edition presumed second printing ("B" on copyright page) An eighteenth-century Venetian glass blower makes a young man and animates him by magic. Virginio marries Rosalba, a charming young poetess, but marriage turns into a horror, for Virginio is in perpetual terror lest Rosalba be too rough with him and break him. Rosalba, who is as self-sacrificing as she is loving, is magically transformed into porcelain. The two lovers are now happy, both equally fragile.. #01040.

London: William Heinemann Ltd.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1926. 1st UK Edition. Hardcover. Spine is slightly faded. .

George H. Doran. Used - Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (romance, fantasy, fiction, literature) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

NY: George H. Doran Co., 1925. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 in. Green cloth with gilt silhouette on cover, lettering on spine. Corners and ends of spine lightly worn, covers clean, spine toned and lettering quite faded there. Binding tight and text very clean. Fiction. Stax.

1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Spot on front green covers else Good, faded spine title, 1st edn.

New York: George H. Doran Company, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good. Rubbed and bumped at spine ends and corners. Worn along edges. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: Doran, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good minus Book spine browned. Lightly fraying at spine ends. Bumped corner. White mark on top corner on back cover of book. Former owner's name on front endpaper. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.