Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]
by Shaw, Bernard, Illustrated by John Farleigh
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/Not Issued
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939, 1939. Limited/Numbered/signed. Signed by Illustrator. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Linen covered boards with leather spine and cover labels. Number 693 of 1,500 copies printed for the Limited Editions Club. Preface by Mr. Shaw and wook engravings by John Farleigh, who signature appears on colophon page. Spine age toned to light brown and mild wear to leather spine label. Slipc ase worn, showing separation at several seams and toned at edges. A very good copy in a fair slipcase.. Hardcover. Very Good/Not Issued. 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002289
- Title
- Back to Methuselah [A Metabiological Pentateuch]
- Author
- Shaw, Bernard, Illustrated by John Farleigh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club, 1939
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- PRIVATE PRESS, LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB JOHN FARLEIGH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Alibris3;
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Great Expectations Rare Books
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Staten Island, New York
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