Ballades and Verses Vain [edited by Austin Dobson]
by Lang, Andrew
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original blue cloth, decorated in gilt. Some light discoloration and rubbing, light marginal browning, mostly of endpapers, else
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1884. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original blue cloth, decorated in gilt. Some light discoloration and rubbing, light marginal browning, mostly of endpapers, else a very good copy from the library of Henry Cabot Lodge with his bookplate and the 1884 signature of A. C. M. Lodge. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. NCBEL 3:1440
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20146
- Title
- Ballades and Verses Vain [edited by Austin Dobson]
- Author
- Lang, Andrew
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original blue cloth, decorated in gilt. Some light discoloration and rubbing, light marginal browning, mostly of endpapers, else
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1884
- Keywords
- British | Andrew Lang
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Bookplate
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