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A Round-Table in Poictesme. A Symposium
by (CABELL, James Branch)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Cleveland: Privately Printed by Members of Colophon Club, 1924. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition, large-paper issue, printed on American vellum limited to 248 numbered copies. Edited by Don Bregenzer and Samuel Loveman. Small stain on front board, spine-lettering dull, else near fine in very good dust jacket with a long, narrow chip on front panel and other light wear. Advance Review Copy with publisher's slip laid in. A publication referencing work in James Branch Cabell's *Biography of the Life of Manuel* cycle of novels, essays and poetry, which trace the fictional life of Dom Manuel, Count of Poictesme. Contains original contributions by H.L. Mencken, Christopher Morley, James Branch Cabell, and others.
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- Seller
- Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 508103
- Title
- A Round-Table in Poictesme. A Symposium
- Author
- (CABELL, James Branch)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed by Members of Colophon Club
- Place of Publication
- Cleveland
- Date Published
- 1924
- Keywords
- AmerLit20thCent, LitCrit, BookCollecting
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- Book Collecting;
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About the Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Gloucester City, New Jersey
About Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., founded in 1985, specializes in first editions of 20th Century American and English fiction. Our inventory of over 75,000 first editions includes: African-American literature & history, Mysteries, Detective Fiction, Drama, Books into Film and Sports books. We routinely issue extensively illustrated color catalogs, available by subscription. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA)and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Tom Congalton, founder of Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc., actively promotes the ethics and standards of these professional organizations and served as President of the ABAA from 2000 to 2002.
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- Publisher's Slip
- A piece of paper from the publisher included in an advance review copy or an uncorrected proof copy of a book. A publisher's...
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Advance Review Copy
- Advance Review Copy, a specially printed copy of the book, generally paperback, which has been produced and distributed by the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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