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WAR CARDS: A Prolusion by Cary, Jr., Melbert B - 1937

by Cary, Jr., Melbert B

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WAR CARDS: A Prolusion

by Cary, Jr., Melbert B

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  • Hardcover
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New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1937. Copy #2 of an edition limited to 250 copies. "Press Copy" handwritten on front free endpaper. Pp. [xiii], 92, [1], plus Index, an 8-page stapled booklet, added later per instructions: "Paste This Page Down on the inside back cover. This leaflet is the index which should have been included in a volume in your possession, but which has only just been completed. It belongs in ... Please paste it securely in your volume (this page down), as it will greatly facilitate reference." Colour title-page vignette, 38 pages printed both sides, containing approx. 4 reproductions in collotype per page (two pages in colour). Quarter red morocco over grey linen boards. Spine a bit scuffed and rubbed, rubbed and 'pulled' at head of spine, index was tipped-on along the gutter of rear pastedown but has become loose leaving orange stains. Otherwise a very good copy of a scarce title with the added Index.. Limited, First Edition. Hard Cover. Octavo.
  • Bookseller Independent bookstores CA (CA)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used
  • Edition Limited, First Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Press of the Woolly Whale
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 1937
  • Size Octavo

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War Cards: A Prolusion [#247/250]

by Cary, Melbert B., Jr

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  • near fine
  • Hardcover
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Limited Edition
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Hardcover
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New York: Press of the Woolly Whale, 1937. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark red 1/4 leather, gray variegated linen, spine panel lettered in gilt. Spine extremities are rubbed, with shallow loss at crown, otherwise nearly as issued. Mild tanning along hinges, interior otherwise clean and unmarked. [vi],98 pp., illus. No. 247 of an edition limited to 250 copies. Does not include the 8-pp. insert issued subsequent to publication. Scarce..
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A$270.60