Dr. Artz
by HICHENS, Robert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Cosmopolitan, 1929. First Edition. First Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); mint green cloth covered boards titled in black on front cover and spine; dustjacket by Theodore Nadejen; 378pp. Spine ends are pushed with rubbing, mostly at crown; tiny bookseller's ticket inside rear cover; Very Good+. The "art deco" dustjacket is unclipped (priced $2.50) with rubbing and nicks to the extremities; shallow loss at heel costing a couple characters; mild toning to spine; Very Good.
"The eminent Dr. Artz had two speialties. One was making old people young- if they were rich enough. The other was making love to young people- if they were pretty enough." (From the front flap).
"The eminent Dr. Artz had two speialties. One was making old people young- if they were rich enough. The other was making love to young people- if they were pretty enough." (From the front flap).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53279
- Title
- Dr. Artz
- Author
- HICHENS, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cosmopolitan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.