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TRIVIA Printed from the Papers of Anthony Woodhouse, Esq. with TRIVIA with MORE TRIVIA
by SMITH, Logan Pearsall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Minor soiling, the third volume largely unopened. Close to Fine in custom slipcase
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Chiswick Press/Constable & Company, Ltd., 1902/1918/1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Minor soiling, the third volume largely unopened. Close to Fine in custom slipcase. Three small (@5" x 6-1/2") volumes in original cloth-backed boards with printed paper spine labels, housed in a blue cloth chemise and slipcase by Jas. MacDonald Co. The first volume is one of 300 copies printed. The second volume is the later trade edition of same. The first two volumes with the small bookplate of Maurice Baring on the front pastedowns. The first volume is INSCRIBED "Maurice Baring/from/Logan Pearsall Smith/May 15 1919" on the front endpaper. The second volume is SIGNED on the front endpaper "Logan Pearsall Smith/May 14 1919" and is followed by a HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT piece in four lines from the third volume, "In the Cage," with some changes of words: "'My own view is, my own view!'/I vociferate, as a parrot in the/great cage of the world, I hop/screeching, 'My own view is!' from/perch to perch."
Maurice Baring was a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator, essayist, travel writer, and war correspondent. The protagonist of G. K. Chesterton's collection of detective stories THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, Horne Fisher, is said to be based on Baring.
Maurice Baring was a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator, essayist, travel writer, and war correspondent. The protagonist of G. K. Chesterton's collection of detective stories THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, Horne Fisher, is said to be based on Baring.
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- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020759
- Title
- TRIVIA Printed from the Papers of Anthony Woodhouse, Esq. with TRIVIA with MORE TRIVIA
- Author
- SMITH, Logan Pearsall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor soiling, the third volume largely unopened. Close to Fine in custom slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chiswick Press/Constable & Company, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902/1918/1922
- Keywords
- Signed, Association Copy, Limited, Modern First Editions, Inscribed, Maurice Baring
- Bookseller catalogs
- Association Copy;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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