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Audacious Audubon (Black Knight of Glin, Ireland)
by Muschamp, Edward A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Green cloth over boards, title and decorations stamped in gilt onto uper board and spine, top edge stained yellow, 8vo (8 inches tall), pp. 312, frontis, B&W plates. Assume first edition with "This book, copyright 1929 by Brentano's..." on copyright page with no subsequent printings noted (Ahearn, p. 802). Volume with fade spots to cloth matching chips in dust jacket, partial fade to top edge stain and ghostly offset to upper board of Audbon's profile from DJ front panel, one single spot of soil at top of ffep. DJ with large chips to front panel, edge wear and soil to spine and rear panel. Inscribed and signed "To my friend tried & true / Warren Baldwin / from the King of Ireland / Desmond FitzGerald / Oct 26 1929" on ffep. Desmond FitzGerald was the 28th Knight of Glin, an hereditary title in County Limerick, Ireland. The title and line of descent ended with the death of his son, the last Black Knight, in 2011. Credited DJ art work by "S Liam Dunne
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- Bookseller
- Harropian Books, IOBA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 915
- Title
- Audacious Audubon (Black Knight of Glin, Ireland)
- Author
- Muschamp, Edward A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
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- Signed Books;
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About the Seller
Harropian Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Nelson, British Columbia
About Harropian Books, IOBA
Harropian Books is an online bookseller offering a diverse selection of antiquarian, collectible, rare and out of print items. Our focus is on the interesting & unusual, covering all fields. ***** We are a member of the IOBA (Independent Online Booksellers Association) and have attended the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (2011), Rare Book School in Virginia (2014 - Developing Collections ; 2016 - The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West), London Rare Book School (2021 - The History of Maps and Mapping) and Gwain Weaver Art Conservation (2019 - Care and Identification of Photographs).
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- FFEP
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- First Edition
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