Preface to the Past
by Cabell, James Branch
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Damascus, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Robert M McBride, 1936. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. New York: Robert M McBride, 1936. Book. Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Very good, no jacket. Clean, tight, sharp-cornered. Gilding present but slightly dulled on spine and front board. Small faint white mark on front board. Small booksellers label on rear pastedown. This volume collects the specially-written introductions from the 18-volume Storisende Edition of Cabell's 'Biography of the Life of Manuel,' plus some other pieces, for use as a general introduction to the Kalki editions of those works. Binding is uniform with the Kalki editions..
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- Bookseller
- Lloyd the Book (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000076
- Title
- Preface to the Past
- Author
- Cabell, James Branch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Robert M McBride
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1936
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Lloyd the Book
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Damascus, Maryland
About Lloyd the Book
On-line sales, offering a select stock of books with concentrations in theater, poetry, fiction, lit crit, history, and fantasy. I have been selling new, remaindered, and used books at various venues since 1986.
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