From Centaur to Cross: the unpublished correspondence & The Centaur
by Maurice de Guerin (transl. by H. Bedford-Jones)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents the FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING of FROM CENTAUR TO CROSS, THE UNPUBLISHED CORRESPONDENCE & THE CENTAUR by MAURICE DE GUERIN, translated by H. Bedford-Jones, with an Introduction and Notes by Gilbert Chinard. Out of Print, Rare. While the above title appears on the Title Page, the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET carries a different title: THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF MAURICE DE GUERIN (with the "CENTAUR" complete). That same jacket tells us that the packet of letters was discovered in the smoking room of a Westbound Ocean Liner. 6" x 9", 213 pages, with ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. No subsequent printing number, hence a first. Overall book condition is VERY GOOD. Pages = Very Good Plus, with mild tanning to all, owner name and address plus old pricing info on first fep, else no marks, tight, square, clear. Cover (orange cloth boards small black particulars on spine only) = Very Good, with moderate rubbing front and back, else clear, colorful, tight, square.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hatfield Books and Memorabilia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 316
- Title
- From Centaur to Cross
- Author
- Maurice de Guerin (transl. by H. Bedford-Jones)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Thus, First Printing Thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Covici-Friede: Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 6" X 9"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fascinating Biography; Twentieth Century Literature;
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About the Seller
Hatfield Books and Memorabilia
Biblio member since 2015
Cincinnati, Ohio
About Hatfield Books and Memorabilia
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