A Portrait of George Moore in a Study of His Work
by Freeman, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1922. An important critical study of the great Irish realist author, often cited as an influence on James Joyce. This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition Thus, which is LIMITED to 600 copies, SIGNED by the author on a delimitation page. Issued as part of a uniform series, with a gray-green linen binding, parchment spine and paper label. 283 pages including notes and descriptive bibliography of Moore's works. Clean text;283 pages; untrimmed. (This title was also issued in a uniform Trade edition with a different binding.) The dustwrapper is plain, same colour as the binding, with a paper label. Minor edge-wear and a darkened spine. In an archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Privately Printed.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006595
- Title
- A Portrait of George Moore in a Study of His Work
- Author
- Freeman, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited/Numbered
- Publisher
- T. Werner Laurie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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- Parchment
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Dustwrapper
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