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THE WORKS OF JAMES M. FLAGG. The Stylus Edition. Volume Five: Poems & Tales. Illustrated by the Author.
de Flagg, James M
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- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Rather oddly and crudely bound - likely by the author, but overall free of wear and tear and very good. Contemporary previous ow
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Fort Bragg, California, United States
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New York: The Literati, 1916. First edition. Rather oddly and crudely bound - likely by the author, but overall free of wear and tear and very good. Contemporary previous owner address label at top of front fixed endpaper, sticker "Sold by the California Historical Society 1950" on rear endpaper.. [9], (xxviii), 10-(157) pp., 4 plates. Between pages 99 and 100 are 20 pages numbered 100a -g plus 3 unnumbered pages, including an illustration and 2 leaves of pink paper printed on rectos only; 12mo, original black cloth with paper spine label, gilt front cover title. Both spine label and cover title read: "Psychological Autobiographeries."
Humorous verses, parodies, satires, and a few cryptic illustrations. The 28 pages near the beginning of the book (Roman numeral section) contain a parody titled "The Cruise of the Snark" telling the tale of the voyage of Jacques London and his wife Charmeois London. The voyage ends in comical tragedy. The author's motto, appearing throughout the volume in an engraved vignette is "Mundus Vult Decipi" - "The world wants to be deceived."
Humorous verses, parodies, satires, and a few cryptic illustrations. The 28 pages near the beginning of the book (Roman numeral section) contain a parody titled "The Cruise of the Snark" telling the tale of the voyage of Jacques London and his wife Charmeois London. The voyage ends in comical tragedy. The author's motto, appearing throughout the volume in an engraved vignette is "Mundus Vult Decipi" - "The world wants to be deceived."
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- Chanticleer Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 22982
- Título
- THE WORKS OF JAMES M. FLAGG. The Stylus Edition. Volume Five: Poems & Tales. Illustrated by the Author.
- Autor
- Flagg, James M
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Rather oddly and crudely bound - likely by the author, but overall free of wear and tear and very good. Contemporary previous ow
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- The Literati
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1916
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- First Edition
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
