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SHAPES IN THE FIRE

SHAPES IN THE FIRE

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SHAPES IN THE FIRE

by SHIEL, M. P

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  • Hardcover
  • first
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LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LT. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1896. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST ISSUE WITH CATALOG AT REAR DATED 1896, #29 IN THE BODLEY HEAD "KEYNOTE SERIES" . TRUE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BRIGHT GILT SPINE TITLES, TITLES AND DECORATION IN RED ON FRONT COVER, KEYNOTE LOGO IN RED ON SPINE AND ALSO ON REAR COVER WITH "1896", PAGINATION ERROR IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND 26 PAGES OF CATALOG AT THE END OF THE TEXT. SLIGHT SOIL AND A SOME LIGHT SCATTERED MARKING, LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, PRELIMINARY AND TERMINAL LEAVES, A FEW PAGES ROUGHLY OPENED WITH A LARGE PORTION OF PAGE 123, "INTERLUDE", MISSING BUT NOT AFFECTING ANY TEXT. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT COPY OF THIS SCARCE AND SIGNIFICANT SHIEL COLLECTION AND EXCEEDING THE USUALLY ENCOUNTERED CONDITION BY QUITE A BIT. .

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Bookseller
JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
COLLECTI008942I
Title
SHAPES IN THE FIRE
Author
SHIEL, M. P
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.
Edition
FIRST EDITION
Publisher
JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LT
Place of Publication
LONDON
Date Published
PUB 1896
Keywords
SUPERNATURAL, STORIES

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