Recent Arrivals from James Cummins Bookseller
Recent Arrivals from James Cummins Bookseller
Images of War. A Book of Poems
by Aldington, Richard
- Condition
- Used - Black cloth spine and raspberry paper boards printed with Nash design, printed spine label. Near fine
- Edition
- First edition, one of 120 copies (edition of 200)
- Published
- 1919
- Binding
- With ten illustrations by Paul Nash. 46, [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,942.62
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[Westminster: The Beaumont Press, 1919. First edition, one of 120 copies (edition of 200). With ten illustrations by Paul Nash. 46, [1, imprint] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Black cloth spine and raspberry paper boards printed with Nash design, printed spine label. Near fine. Nash, Paul. First edition, one of 120 copies (edition of 200). With ten illustrations by… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Marines
by St. Jorre, John de
- Condition
- Used - Padded red leather, all edges gilt in slipcase. Fine
- Edition
- Number 211 of 500 copies, Signed by General Robert H. Barrow USM
- Published
- 1989
- Binding
- Photographed by Anthony Edgeworth. 253, [3]pp. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,942.62
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New York, London: Doubleday, 1989. Number 211 of 500 copies, Signed by General Robert H. Barrow USMC (Retired) 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps on colophon page. Photographed by Anthony Edgeworth. 253, [3]pp. 4to. Padded red leather, all edges gilt in slipcase. Fine. Number 211 of 500 copies, Signed by General Robert H. Barrow USMC (Retired) 27th Commandant… Read more about this item Item Price
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Archive of 75 war-date autograph letters signed, nearly all to his parents, documenting his Civil War service in South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia in Co. F. of the 1st New York Engineers
by (Civil War) Haskell, Edson
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- Used - Usual folds
- Published
- 1865
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- Approx. 260pp. Variously written in pencil or ink, on a variety of paper, but generally quite legible. A few with original envel
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New York, New York, USA
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A$19,426.25
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Vp [New York, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia], 1865. Approx. 260pp. Variously written in pencil or ink, on a variety of paper, but generally quite legible. A few with original envelopes. [With:] Haskell's manuscript discharge dated Nov. 18, 1864, partly-printed discharge of the same date, a cdv of Maj. Gen. Hunter and Haskell's 1865 marriage certificate. 8vo or 4to.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$19,426.25
Le clavecin de Diderot
by Crevel, Rene
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- Used - Red printed wrappers. A fine copy; one of only two titles by Crevel published by "Editions Surrealistes.
- Edition
- First trade edition
- Published
- 1932
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- 168, [2]pp. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$543.94
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Paris: Editions Surréalistes, 1932. First trade edition. 168, [2]pp. 8vo. Red printed wrappers. A fine copy; one of only two titles by Crevel published by "Editions Surrealistes.. First trade edition. 168, [2]pp. 8vo. Crevel, who committed suicide in 1935, at age 35, was considered, along with Paul Eluard, one of the outstanding poets of the Surrealist movement. Anna… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Toe Queen Poems
by Sanders, Ed; Consuela [foreword]
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- Used - Staple-bound wrappers with illustrated cover, black ink ownership on upper cover and back cover, mentioning poet Charles Stein,
- Edition
- First edition
- Published
- 1964
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- 15 pp., single-sided mimeograph. 4to
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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A$466.23
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New York: Fuck You Press, 1964. First edition. 15 pp., single-sided mimeograph. 4to. Staple-bound wrappers with illustrated cover, black ink ownership on upper cover and back cover, mentioning poet Charles Stein, light toning at edges, else a near fine copy. First edition. 15 pp., single-sided mimeograph. 4to. Poet, writer, editor, publisher, activist, and musician Ed Sanders (b.1939) published… Read more about this item Item Price
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My Scottish Sketch Book
by Edwards, Lionel
- Condition
- Used - Original quarter vellum and green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt. Fine
- Edition
- First Edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist
- Published
- 1929
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- Illustrated with 16 colored tipped-in plates. 32 pp. 1 vols. 4to
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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A$854.76
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London: Country Life Ltd, 1929. First Edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with 16 colored tipped-in plates. 32 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original quarter vellum and green cloth, upper cover titled in gilt. Fine. First Edition, one of 250 numbered copies signed by the artist. Illustrated with 16 colored tipped-in plates. 32 pp.… Read more about this item Item Price
A$854.76
History of the Building of the Great Bridge
by Farrington, E.[dmund] F.[isher], Master of Construction
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- Used - Publisher's cloth-backed boards, with mounted color lithographed view by Currier and Ives and color lithograph ad for the Great
- Edition
- Enlarged and Revised
- Published
- 1881
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- 69, [3], [23, ads]pp. 8vo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,320.99
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New York: Mooney & Co. 27 Chambers Street, 1881. Enlarged and Revised. 69, [3], [23, ads]pp. 8vo. Publisher's cloth-backed boards, with mounted color lithographed view by Currier and Ives and color lithograph ad for the Great Willimantic Bridge on the rear, worn and soiled. Partially unstitched, minor foxing. Enlarged and Revised. 69, [3], [23, ads]pp. 8vo. An uncommon… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Leicestershire Sketch Book
by Edwards, Lionel
- Condition
- Used - Original blue cloth. Spine faded, else fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1935
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- With 8 color plates and 36 plates in black and white, by the author. xv, 100, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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A$582.79
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London; New York: Eyre and Spottiswoode; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First Edition. With 8 color plates and 36 plates in black and white, by the author. xv, 100, [2] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original blue cloth. Spine faded, else fine. First Edition. With 8 color plates and 36 plates in black and white, by the author. xv, 100,… Read more about this item Item Price
A$582.79
The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
by Woolf, Virginia
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- Used - Blue cloth, spine faded. Generally a good copy
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1942
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- 157pp. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$388.53
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London: Hogarth Press 367 Meclenburgh Square, 1942. First Edition. 157pp. 8vo. Blue cloth, spine faded. Generally a good copy. First Edition. 157pp. 8vo. Kirkpatrick A27a Item Price
A$388.53
My Lifetime
by Hollingshead, John (1827-1904)
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- Used - Crimson clotrh. Fine in crimson cloth drop-box
- Edition
- Second edition
- Published
- 1895
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- 2 vols. 8vo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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A$621.64
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London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1895. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. Crimson clotrh. Fine in crimson cloth drop-box. Second edition. 2 vols. 8vo. INSCRIBED TO HIS SON. Inscribed on the title-page of Vol.I :" To Jack from his/ affect. father, not forgetting/ Mrs. Jack. / Sep. 1895. Item Price
A$621.64
Demonolatry. By Nicolas Remy, Privy Councillor to the Most Serene Duke of Lorainne, and Public Advocate to his Duchy, In three books. Translated by E.A. Ashwin. Edited with Introduction and notes by the Rev. Montague Summers
by Remy, Nicolas
- Condition
- Used - Orange cloth-backed boards, uncut. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed, else Fine
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- One of 1275 copies
- Published
- 1930
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- 188 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$310.82
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London: John Rodker, 1930. One of 1275 copies. 188 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. Orange cloth-backed boards, uncut. Spine slightly darkened and rubbed, else Fine. One of 1275 copies. 188 pp. 1 vols. Large 8vo. "Drawn from the capital trials of 900 persons, more or less, who within the last fifteen years have in Lorraine paid the penalty… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Dreadful Dragon of Hay Hill
by Beerbohm, Max (1872-1956)
- Condition
- Used - Publisher's red cloth spine and grey boards. Fine, in fine printed dust jacket. in green cloth dropbox with red sides
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1928
- Binding
- Frontispiece. 113, [1]pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$388.53
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London: William Heinemann, 1928. First Edition. Frontispiece. 113, [1]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Publisher's red cloth spine and grey boards. Fine, in fine printed dust jacket. in green cloth dropbox with red sides. First Edition. Frontispiece. 113, [1]pp. 1 vols. 8vo. FINE IN FINE DJ. Item Price
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The Legend of the Hounds
by Boker, George Henry
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- Used - Original brown cloth with intersecting gilt lines, t.e.g., others uncut. A fine copy. Gift inscription in pencil on front flylea
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- One of 200 deluxe copies, with the frontispiece signed and all t
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- 1929
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- Pictures by Gordon Ross with an introduction by Owen Culbertson. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$349.67
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New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1929. One of 200 deluxe copies, with the frontispiece signed and all the plates colored by hand. Pictures by Gordon Ross with an introduction by Owen Culbertson. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown cloth with intersecting gilt lines, t.e.g., others uncut. A fine copy. Gift inscription in pencil on front flyleaf. One of 200… Read more about this item Item Price
A$349.67
An Essay concerning Human Understanding
by Locke, John
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- Used - Modern half calf and marbled boards, uncut, with Needham Bookseller, Gloucester label. Very Good
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- Twenty-Fifth Edition with the author's last additions and Correc
- Published
- 1824
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- Frontis. porrait. 668pp. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$621.64
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London: Printed for John Bumpus, 1824. Twenty-Fifth Edition with the author's last additions and Corrections. Frontis. porrait. 668pp. 8vo. Modern half calf and marbled boards, uncut, with Needham Bookseller, Gloucester label. Very Good. Twenty-Fifth Edition with the author's last additions and Corrections. Frontis. porrait. 668pp. 8vo. Item Price
A$621.64
Handley Cross; or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt. By the Author of "Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour," "Jorrocks's Jaunts," Etc. Etc.
by [Surtees, Robert Smith]
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- Used - Bound in near contemporary half morocco, gilt spine. Nice copy
- Edition
- First Edition, second issue without Leech's name in the Preface
- Published
- 1854
- Binding
- Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, 16 hand-colored steel engravings, and numerous wood engravings in the text by John Leech. 55
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New York, New York, USA
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A$310.82
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London: Bradbury & Evans, 1854. First Edition, second issue without Leech's name in the Preface. Hand-colored engraved frontispiece, 16 hand-colored steel engravings, and numerous wood engravings in the text by John Leech. 550pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in near contemporary half morocco, gilt spine. Nice copy. Leech, John. First Edition, second issue without Leech's name in the Preface.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club History
by White, Betty and Bill
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- Used - Blue rexine, upper cover titled in gilt. Fine
- Published
- 1973
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- Illustrated. 68 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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New York, New York, USA
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A$1,165.58
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[N.p.]: Privately printed, 1973. Illustrated. 68 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue rexine, upper cover titled in gilt. Fine. Illustrated. 68 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. History of this Dutchess county pheasant and quail shooting club in Lagrangeville, New York, established in 1903. The original driving force was Glenn Ford McKinney (Princeton class of 1891), whose father had been an… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fuck You / a magazine of the ARTS. Promoting pornography thru its subsidiary, THE LADY DICK-HEAD ADVERTIZING COMPANY
by Sanders, Ed
- Condition
- Used - Tiny inkspot along upper edge, fine
- Published
- 1962
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- Mimeographed page. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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A$310.82
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New York: The Fuck You Press, 1962. Mimeographed page. 4to. Tiny inkspot along upper edge, fine. Mimeographed page. 4to. This flyer was used by the prosecution in a 1967 obscenity case against Ed Sanders, as evidence of "pandering", but a three-judge panel dismissed the case, saying that Sanders and the Fuck You Press did not fall afoul of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Flowers and Trees [Fair Copy Transcription of Six Poems in the hand of Edmund Blunden]
by Clare, John
- Condition
- Used - Generally fine (some wear to margins of typed leaves)
- Published
- 1920
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- Title leaf and 10 pages in ink on Basildon Bond, two poems in typescript on Kenilworth or Bilston Extra Stong. 1 vols. 4to
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New York, New York, USA
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A$2,719.68
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[N.p., England, 1920. Title leaf and 10 pages in ink on Basildon Bond, two poems in typescript on Kenilworth or Bilston Extra Stong. 1 vols. 4to. Generally fine (some wear to margins of typed leaves). Title leaf and 10 pages in ink on Basildon Bond, two poems in typescript on Kenilworth or Bilston Extra Stong. 1 vols. 4to.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Miracle on 34th Street
by Davies, Valentine
- Condition
- Used - Original red cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket with slight wear, a few little nicks along edges
- Edition
- First Edition
- Published
- 1947
- Binding
- 120pp. 1 vols. 8vo
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- 1
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New York, New York, USA
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A$388.53
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New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1947. First Edition. 120pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth. Fine copy in dust jacket with slight wear, a few little nicks along edges. First Edition. 120pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Item Price
A$388.53
Fantazius Mallare
by Hecht, Ben (1894-1964)
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- Used - Black ribbed cloth, red endpapers. Fine in Very Good black dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, Number 224 of 2000 copies
- Published
- 1922
- Binding
- 10 full-page black and white bizarre illustrations by Wallace Smith, with tissue overlays, except last and his pictorial initial
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New York, New York, USA
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A$466.23
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Chicago: Covici-McGee, 1922. First Edition, Number 224 of 2000 copies. 10 full-page black and white bizarre illustrations by Wallace Smith, with tissue overlays, except last and his pictorial initial letters on each chapter. 174pp. 8VO. Black ribbed cloth, red endpapers. Fine in Very Good black dust jacket. First Edition, Number 224 of 2000 copies. 10 full-page black and… Read more about this item Item Price
A$466.23