MEMOIRS OF THE COUNT DE GRAMMONT
by HAMILTON, Count Anthony [Antoine]; Horace Walpole (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good.
- Seller
-
Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, 1928. First Edition. thus. Very good.. From an edition of 1000 copies. Handsomely bound, and quite readable. Translation of the MEMOIRES of Count Philbert de Gramont, written by his brother-in-law Antoine Hamilton. Illustrated throughout with tipped-in wood engravings by Wilfred Jones. Hardcover. 8vo. Full green leather with gilt-stamped title to spine. All edges gilt. Very good. Moderate scuffing and edgewear to boards. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Light touches of toning to endpapers. Text block remains mostly clean and bright, if a touch darkened. Good and sound. 230pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42729
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF THE COUNT DE GRAMMONT
- Author
- HAMILTON, Count Anthony [Antoine]; Horace Walpole (Translator)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
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About the Seller
Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Biblio member since 2004
Silver Spring, Maryland
About Brian Cassidy Bookseller at Type Punch Matrix
Brian Cassidy Bookseller is the counterculture department of Type Punch Matrix, a rare book firm founded in 2019 by Rebecca Romney and Brian Cassidy. BCB @ TPM specializes in the avant garde in all its various guises, including: The Beats; artists' books; poetry; small journals and magazines (especially those associated with the Mimeo Revolution); modern and contemprary art; photography; music; archives and appraisals; as well as vernacular, folk, and outsider books of all kinds. We are always looking to purchase books within my areas of interest, from single titles to collections. Please inquire. We are open by appointment and are easily accessible by public transit.
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