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Men in Darkness: Five Stories
by James Hanley. With a preface by John Cowper Powys
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1932. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good. Signed by Author(s). Inscribed by Hanley to Joseph Greene on ffep. Stated First Edition. Gray cloth boards stamped in burgundy and black on spine, with a black pictorial on the front cover (same vignette on title page). Cloth shows some foxing/discoloration on spine and around edges. Interior is clean and unmarked. xi, 297, [2] pages. Dust jacket is edgeworn; chipped around spine ends and corners; some color bleed in the lower-left corner of front panel; in an archival mylar sleeve. Inscribed to Joseph Greene, an early friend of Hanley's in Liverpool, to whom he also dedicated his first novel, Drift. ''To my friend Joseph Greene / with all [good wishes?] / James Hanley''.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014263
- Title
- Men in Darkness: Five Stories
- Author
- James Hanley. With a preface by John Cowper Powys
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1932
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Joseph Greene, short stories,
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About the Seller
Boyd Used & Rare Books
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Portland, Oregon
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- Cloth
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- Inscribed
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- FFEP
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- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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....
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