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The Puritan
by O'FLAHERTY, Liam
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good+
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good/Good+. Theyre Lee-Elliott (dust jacket illustration). 12mo. Pp. 326, [1]. Brick red cloth, titles and graphics stamped on the spine in green, graphics wrap onto the front cover. Publisher's motif blind stamped on the back cover. Edges trimmed. In the color illustrated dust jacket, price clipped. A single leaf of publisher advertising is tipped in to the final text page. Lower corners gently bumped. Jacket spine head, tail and top edge tape repairs on verso, spine lightly age toned. A Dublin journalist inspired by religious fanaticism murders a courtesan. With fine, bold Lee-Elliott art-deco jacket and cover designs. Not in HUBIN. Dust jacket preserved in a removable clear archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5691
- Title
- The Puritan
- Author
- O'FLAHERTY, Liam
- Illustrator
- Theyre Lee-Elliott (dust jacket illustration)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- constructivism
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- Fine
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