One Hundred Best Books: With Commentary and Essay on Books and Reading
by Powys, John Cowper
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners bumped.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: American Library Service. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners bumped.. 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Navy cloth with titles stamped in gilt on front boards and spine. A collection of succinct recommendations about the Welsh literary critic and author's literary choices, from The Psalms of David to Chehkov's The Seagull to The Oxford Book of English Verse. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 68 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40090
- Title
- One Hundred Best Books: With Commentary and Essay on Books and Reading
- Author
- Powys, John Cowper
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, corners bumped.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- American Library Service
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1922
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- READING, Literary Essays, BOOKS ABOUT Books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books about Books;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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