THE VENETIAN GLASS NEPHEW
by Wylie, Eleanor
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Doran, 1925. First edition. Blue paper over 3/4 cream vellum, leather spine label, t.e.g.; 8vo. Number 167 of 250 copies signed by the author; the large paper issue. Toned at extremities, tips bumped, pages lightly toned, front hinge beginning, about very good; lacking the jacket and slipcase. Handsomely produced book. One of the most famous if not notorious poets of the 1920's, this was her second novel, an allegorical fantasy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65578
- Title
- THE VENETIAN GLASS NEPHEW
- Author
- Wylie, Eleanor
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doran
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1925
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of 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. ...
- 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...