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Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet
by Max Beerbohm
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
Item Price
A$611.51A$550.36
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About This Item
London: Leadlay, 1931. First edition. Hardback. Very Good. 16" by 11.5". Max Beerbohm. A first and limited edition of this portfolio containing Beerbohm's caricatures of stars from Noel Coward's 1929 operetta 'Bitter Sweet'. Unbound, in a half vellum folder, with paper coverings, and gilt lettering to the front board. (This work has never been bound). Number 334 of 900 copies. With six folders containing hand tipped coloured plates of Peggy Wood, Noel Coward, Georges Metaxa, Ivy St. Helier, and Charles B. Cochran, and a facsimile note by Beerbohm. In a half vellum portfolio folder. There is some wear to the extremities mainly bumping. Internally the pages are slightly browned to the card as usual but rather better than most. The plates are bright and clean, with just slight original glue marks to some of the top edges. There is some creasing to the final folder, the facsimile note, and the rear flaps of the folder. Very Good
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LTH2-A-3
- Title
- Heroes and Heroines of Bitter Sweet
- Author
- Max Beerbohm
- Illustrator
- Max Beerbohm
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leadlay
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Size
- 16" by 11.5"
- Keywords
- Art Beerbohm Peggy Wood Noel Coward Beerbohm Caricature Parody
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Unbound
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