Pink Furniture. A Tale for Lovely Children with Noble Natures
by Coppard, A.E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Original pink cloth [ the earliest issue] giving, in A.E.C.'s own words a "Striped effect", and with an inverted 't' on p. 191.
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1930. First edition, first issue. Illustrated by Nancy Bankart Gurney. 251 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original pink cloth [ the earliest issue] giving, in A.E.C.'s own words a "Striped effect", and with an inverted 't' on p. 191. A very good copy in a unclipped dust jacket by D.G. Bourne, missing few chips. Gurney, Nancy Bankart. First edition, first issue. Illustrated by Nancy Bankart Gurney. 251 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. To quote Coppard: "This book originated in a bathroom. It was not my idea. Once I stopped at an hotel in Ireland, and when I asked for a bathroom: "there's not a bathroom in the place sir", says he. "not" "Sure there was a little pan somewhere; I don't rightly know what's become of it now..." Schwartz p. 40; Muir pp. l07-l08
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1570
- Title
- Pink Furniture. A Tale for Lovely Children with Noble Natures
- Author
- Coppard, A.E
- Format/Binding
- Illustrated by Nancy Bankart Gurney. 251 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original pink cloth [ the earliest issue] giving, in A.E.C.'s own words a "Striped effect", and with an inverted 't' on p. 191.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, first issue
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- British | Children's Books | A.E. Coppard
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