Five Novels: Valmouth, The Flower Beneath the Foot, Prancing Nigger, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli, The Artificial Princess
by Firbank, Ronald, with an introduction by Osbert Sitwell
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Norfolk: New Directions, 1949. Hardcover. xxxi,,472p., mild shelfwear else very good first edition in green cloth and unclipped, slightly edge-worn dust jacket. The UK edition is Young 1249.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11766
- Title
- Five Novels: Valmouth, The Flower Beneath the Foot, Prancing Nigger, Concerning the Eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli, The Artificial Princess
- Author
- Firbank, Ronald, with an introduction by Osbert Sitwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- New Directions
- Place of Publication
- Norfolk
- Date Published
- 1949
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gay Studies; Modern first edition; 1940S;
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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