THE AWFUL HISTORY OF BLUEBEARD: ORIGINAL DRAWING BY W.M. THACKERAY
by Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
-
Plainfield, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
New York: Jerome Kern, 1924. This is a limited printing of a Christmas gift - privately printed for the famous song writer and book collector, Jerome Kern. The printing is limited to only 83 copies of which this is number 53. There is an Introduction by Temple Scott, and notes on the Bluebeard Legend by Charles Vale. The book was printed by Douglas C. McMurtrie. Condition: the morocco spine is well-rubbed, with a chip out of the upper spine title taking out the word "The." Otherwise this is a Good copy of a very rare book.. Limited. Hard Cover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illus. by Thackeray. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Country Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29691
- Title
- THE AWFUL HISTORY OF BLUEBEARD: ORIGINAL DRAWING BY W.M. THACKERAY
- Author
- Thackeray, William Makepeace
- Illustrator
- Thackeray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Jerome Kern
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1924
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Limited Edition, Small Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature and Literary; Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
The Country Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Country Bookshop
Biblio member since 2011
Plainfield, Vermont
About The Country Bookshop
60,000 books, old postcards, and assorted paper ephemera in an old house located in the rural town of Plainfield, VT. We have been in business since 1974. We're open 7 days a week from 10 until 5.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...