The Vehement Flame: The Story of Stephen Escott [Inscribed and Signed]
by Ludwig Lewisohn
- Used
- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, 1948. Very Good/Very Good. New York: Farrar, Straus and Company, [1948]. First Edition with "FS" symbol on copyright page. Octavo; publisher's cloth in pictorial dust jacket retaining original price ($2.75); viii,[2],243pp. Minor chipping and shelf wear to jacket extremities, top textblock edge a bit dust-soiled, corners bumped, pp. 6 & 7 heavily toned from exposure to previously-removed newsclipping, else a Very Good, sound copy. Inscribed and signed on front free endpaper, "To J.M. Altaraz, with very kind regards, Ludwig Lewisohn / April 4, 1949.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28599
- Title
- The Vehement Flame: The Story of Stephen Escott [Inscribed and Signed]
- Author
- Ludwig Lewisohn
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948
Terms of Sale
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2019
Washington, District of Columbia
About Capitol Hill Books, ABAA
Capitol Hill Books is a used bookstore in the Eastern Market neighborhood of Washington, DC. We have three floors of quality used books, first editions, and rare books.
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- 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
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- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- 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...