The Butcher Shop
by Devanny, Jean
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Octavo, diffuse foxing, original blue cloth lettered in gilt with chipped pictorial dustwrapper (bit oxidised on spine).
Third impression in year of first publication. Early printing in exceptionally scarce 1920s dustwrapper reproducing the fabulous John Nicolson ('Nick') artwork from the first impression but not priced on spine. Banned in New Zealand in 1926 and in Australian from 1929 until 1958.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 244
- Title
- The Butcher Shop
- Author
- Devanny, Jean
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1926
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australian Literature; Jean Devanny; Banned & Suppressed Books;
Terms of Sale
Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
Biblio member since 2023
ARMADALE, Victoria
About Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
Specialising in Australian Literature, especially pre-war, including out-of-print and forgotten novels &c., and scarce period dustwrappers.
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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....
- Cloth
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- New
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- Dustwrapper
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...