THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH TERRIER
by Collins, Sewell
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Covina, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1926. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Illustrated with drawings by the author. "A witty series of dog limericks burlesquing the familiar stanzas of Omar's Rubaiyat." Original yellow cloth binding, with a pictorial label inset on the front and black titles. Period ink inscription to the front flyleaf. The dust jacket is price-clipped, with chipping to the spine ends, some browning along the spine and folds, a faint stain, and two tape repairs on the recto; else about very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Johnson Rare Books & Archives (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60788
- Title
- THE RUBAIYAT OF A SCOTCH TERRIER
- Author
- Collins, Sewell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Frederick A. Stokes Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Johnson Rare Books & Archives
Biblio member since 2008
Covina, California
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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