FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VeryGood w owner signature (twice) inside else unmarked.
- Seller
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Nevada City, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Co-operative Publ Society, (no date, early 1900s?). No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.. Hardcover in 3/4 leather pebbled boards w marbeled insets, gilt spine titling, no jacket.. VeryGood w owner signature (twice) inside else unmarked.. Collection of articles from monthly presses, on Hugo, Burns, Whitman, Thoreau, Torajiro, Villon, Charles of Orleans, Pepys, and Knox. Solid clean tight collectors edition.
6-1/2 x 9-1/4, 334 laid pp, sheet-protected frontispiece photo of author.
6-1/2 x 9-1/4, 334 laid pp, sheet-protected frontispiece photo of author.
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Details
- Bookseller
- edburynbooks (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17095
- Title
- FAMILIAR STUDIES OF MEN AND BOOKS
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in 3/4 leather pebbled boards w marbeled insets, gilt spine titling, no jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - VeryGood w owner signature (twice) inside else unmarked.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- No edition stated, assumed 1st printing.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Co-operative Publ Society
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- (no date, early 1900s?)
- Keywords
- Fiction, Poetry, Literature, Criticism
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
edburynbooks
Biblio member since 2007
Nevada City, California
About edburynbooks
I sell from my home, where I have about 25,000 books shelved or stored. I am also an author, poet, photographer, taroist, publisher, collector. Selling books online for almost 15 years, including my own titles and rare books from my collection.
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