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Peter Kills the Bear
by Erskine, John
- Used
- very good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews and Marrot, 1930. First edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. By John Erskine of the Great Books movement, author of the "The Moral Obligation to be Intelligent".
Produced in a limited edition of 530 copies, of which this is signed and numbered 155. This copy is of special interest as the pages remain unopened. A smart, vibrant edition of Erskine's equally vibrant tale, housed in dazzling patterned boards with the tesselating design duplicated on the dust jacket. A limited edition of 530 of which this is number 155, signed and numbered by the author on limitation page. Octavo, 35pp. An unopened copy. Yellow buckram spine with patterned boards and dust jacket. Front and back free endpapers tanned, slight chip to lower left corner of rear dust jacket. An otherwise fine copy.
Produced in a limited edition of 530 copies, of which this is signed and numbered 155. This copy is of special interest as the pages remain unopened. A smart, vibrant edition of Erskine's equally vibrant tale, housed in dazzling patterned boards with the tesselating design duplicated on the dust jacket. A limited edition of 530 of which this is number 155, signed and numbered by the author on limitation page. Octavo, 35pp. An unopened copy. Yellow buckram spine with patterned boards and dust jacket. Front and back free endpapers tanned, slight chip to lower left corner of rear dust jacket. An otherwise fine copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rare Illustrated Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1442
- Title
- Peter Kills the Bear
- Author
- Erskine, John
- Format/Binding
- Pictorial Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Elkin Mathews and Marrot
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CALIFORNIA-VBF Limited Edition Pattern Print Cloth Unopened Signed
- Bookseller catalogs
- Animals; Art Deco;
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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