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Marpessa; Together with a Foreword by James S. Johnson
by PHILLIPS, Stephen
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco: The Windsor Press, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 12mo. Pp. 21. Foreword by James S. Johnson. Charming spot illustrations by Julian A. Links. Printed on handmade paper. Bound in stiff cardstock covers with dust jacket affixed, lettering and device stamped to front cover and lettering stamped on spine. Slight closed snag to top of spine, else Fine. A charming edition of Phillips' defining work. One of a series of works in the publisher's "Benoit Classics," with the publisher's notice of the four titles in the series laid-in. Other authors in the series are Yeats, Stevenson, and Andrew Lang. Bookseller inventory S10198X5D.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 223
- Title
- Marpessa; Together with a Foreword by James S. Johnson
- Author
- PHILLIPS, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Windsor Press
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco
- Date Published
- 1926
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
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