The Wonderful Year
by Locke, William J
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Original red cloth, upper cover panelled and lettered in white, spine lettered in gilt, decorated in white, some staining and so
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1916. First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth, upper cover panelled and lettered in white, spine lettered in gilt, decorated in white, some staining and soiling, mostly of lower cover, rubbing, lower endpapers stained from turn-ins, lower inner hinge starting, 6 pages advertisements at the back, some light browning of text, with the Paul Bechet bookplate (faintly offset). First edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed. Inscribed "With love from Will, 1st Nov '16." An amusing tale of a young woman and man, at loose ends in France who set off on a bicycle tour to find their destinies. NCBEL 4:638
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- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49173
- Title
- The Wonderful Year
- Author
- Locke, William J
- Format/Binding
- 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Original red cloth, upper cover panelled and lettered in white, spine lettered in gilt, decorated in white, some staining and so
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- London and New York
- Date Published
- 1916
- Keywords
- British
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