The Blue Book of Conversation.
by BANTING, John
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Editions Poetry London/Nicholson and Watson, London., 1946. First edition. Quarto. 57 pages. Twenty-five plates, one of which is double-page, and all of which are printed in blue. The texts are on the facing pages, apart from the double plate, where the text follows on the subsequent pages.Faint rubbing to head and tail of spine. Very good indeed. No dustwrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BANTINGJ011166
- Title
- The Blue Book of Conversation.
- Author
- BANTING, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Editions Poetry London/Nicholson and Watson, London.
- Date Published
- 1946
- Keywords
- surrealism
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Peter Ellis bookseller
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