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THALIA or, A Country Day: A Masque (Signed)
by Finley, Jr., John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Elizabethtown, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1929. 1st edition of author's first book. A drama, signed and inscribed by the author in small lettering: "To J.C.H. Bonbright / from his devoted friend / John / May 5, 1929." Recipient was [James Cowles Hart] Bonbright, 1903-1993, American Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Canton, 1929; U.S. Ambassador to Portugal, 1955-58; and Ambassador to Sweden, 1958-61. Small 8vo. Clothbound hardcover with paper spine label. iii, 74 pages. VG. Cloth faded at spine and edges, but otherwise a sound, tight copy. No jacket. Pages 50/51 browned from a laid-in, favorable [New York Times] review by Percy Hutchison. The clipping is now in an archival sleeve.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Libri
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000311
- Title
- THALIA or, A Country Day: A Masque (Signed)
- Author
- Finley, Jr., John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8vo - over 7� - 9�" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Drama;
Terms of Sale
Lux Libri
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About the Seller
Lux Libri
Biblio member since 2006
Elizabethtown, New York
About Lux Libri
Online booksellers since 1996 with general inventory of used and rare books, signed material, ephemera, etc. Our listings are original and show the actual item for sale. We do not use stock photos or descriptions. Most dust jackets are protected in clear, archival covers (removable, if desired.) Books are shipped in sturdy, new boxes with tracking. (Paper and lightweight items may ship in padded envelopes.) Inquiries always welcome and promptly answered.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
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