THE LURE OF THE MASK
by Harold MacGrath
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1908. THE LURE OF THE MASK- Harold MacGrath- Ill. by Harrison Fisher & Karl Anderson- Bobbs-Merrill Co.-Indianapolis- May 1908-1st edition-1st Printing- Hardcover:-8vo- VG+/ no dj- Original publishers olive green cloth with gilt titles on cover and spine-light rubbing, but clean and tight- 401pp all clean, no tears or writing- With illustrations by the great Harrison Fisher and Karl Anderson.-SEE PHOTOS- MacGrath, a prolific writer, wrote for newspapers until 1890 when he published his first novel Arms and the Woman. "The Lure of the Mask begins: Out of the unromantic night, out of the somber blurring January fog, came a voice lifted in song, a soprano, rich, full and round, young yet matured, sweet and mysterious as a night-bird's, haunting and elusive as the murmur of the sea in a shell: a lilt from La Fille de Madame Ango, a light opera long since forgotten in New York. ". Fiction-romantic-adventure-saga- (2023) . 1st Edition-1st Printing. Cloth. VG+/No Jacket. Illus. by Harrison Fisher & Karl Anderson. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- jakoll (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2023
- Title
- THE LURE OF THE MASK
- Author
- Harold MacGrath
- Illustrator
- Harrison Fisher & Karl Anderson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1908
- Keywords
- Fiction-romantic-adventure-saga
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
jakoll
Payment must be received within 7 working days. Payments by cheque will be held 10 working days to clear. Full refund of purchase price only if item has been misdescribed as pertains to condition. Mailing costs non-refundable. Item must be returned in the same condition as it was originally sent out for refund conditions to apply.
About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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