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FIVE NOVELS: Valmouth, The Flower Beneath the Foot, Prancing Nigger, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli, The Artificial Princess.
by RONALD FIRBANK
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
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Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
LONDON: GERALD DUCKWORTH, 1949 Green Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, top edge stained green, 220 x 145 mm approx. xxxii + 472 pp First Collected edition 1949 with extensive intro. by Osbert Sitwell. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition.Good / Poor (Book- Moderate shelf wear and soiling to cloth, mild foxing to front free end paper, previous owner book plate to paste down. Dust Jacket - significant loss around head of up to 25 mm in depth and other less significant chips, spine a little tanned and soiling to white of rear panel. Non price clipped - cover 18s. Now in a removable proprietary protective sleeve to prevent further degradation. Pieces of coloured paper have been inserted in front of the stark white of the backing paper so as not to offend the eye and lend it respectability on the book shelf).
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- Bookseller
- booksonlinebrighton
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129519
- Title
- FIVE NOVELS: Valmouth, The Flower Beneath the Foot, Prancing Nigger, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli, The Artificial Princess.
- Author
- RONALD FIRBANK
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- GERALD DUCKWORTH
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- Ronald Firbank, FIVE NOVELS, Omnibus, Collected Edition, Valmouth, The Flower Beneath the Foot, Prancing Nigger, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli, The Artificial Princess, American Writers, Fiction,
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