Quail in Aspic: The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz As Tape-Recorded to Cecil Beaton
by Beaton, Cecil; Korsetz, Count Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner bookplate on front free endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed and worn.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner bookplate on front free . endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed and worn.. 1963. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. A curious book, a satirical autobiography of a dissolute aristocrat whose dear Mother is featured in many of the accompanying humorous photos. Photographs by Cecil Beaton, chapter heading vignettes and jacket art by Edward Gorey as per Toledano B-18, although not attributed in this book. Cloth-backed boards. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 172 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58050
- Title
- Quail in Aspic: The Life Story of Count Charles Korsetz As Tape-Recorded to Cecil Beaton
- Author
- Beaton, Cecil; Korsetz, Count Charles
- Illustrator
- Edward Gorey; Cecil Beaton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Owner bookplate on front free endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed and worn.
- Edition
- First American Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Goreyana, EDWARD Gorey
- Bookseller catalogs
- Humor;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
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Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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