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Angels and Earthly Creatures
by Elinor Wylie
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good Indeed
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$572.54A$515.28
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About This Item
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed. 9" by 6". None . A delightful limited copy first edition of this collection of poems, with a monochrome frontispiece portrait of the author. An uncommon limited copy of the first edition printed on Oland (Swedish) hand made paper.Number 178/200.Monochrome portrait frontispiece. In the publisher's original cloth binding. With the original dust wrapper. This collection of poems by American poet and novelist Elinor Wylie was selected by her for the publication a day prior to her death.Wylie, born and raised to perform the life of a debutante and a society wife, rebelled against expectations and became notorious for her multiple marriages and affairs.Since the 1980's, her work has experienced a revival amongst feminist critics. In the original cloth binding. In the original dust wrapper. Externally, excellent with minor shelf wear to the extremities. Dust wrapper is edge worn with the odd mark to the wrap. Small chipping to the head of spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 905Y9
- Title
- Angels and Earthly Creatures
- Author
- Elinor Wylie
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good Indeed
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- Poetry Elinor Wylie Limited edition Elinor Wylie
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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