FIVE NOVELS: Valmouth, The Flower Beneath the Foot, Prancing Nigger, Concerning the Eccentricitie of Cardinal Pirelli, The Artificial Princess
by Firbank, Ronald/Sitwell, Osbert (Introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Norflok, CT: A New Directions Book (No Date) 472 pp. Original green cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Corners and spine ends slightly bumped. Spine and edges a bit sunned. Light foxing to top edge of text block. Tiny tear to top corner of page 65. Otherwise, contents nice.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15603
- Title
- FIVE NOVELS: Valmouth, The Flower Beneath the Foot, Prancing Nigger, Concerning the Eccentricitie of Cardinal Pirelli, The Artificial Princess
- Author
- Firbank, Ronald/Sitwell, Osbert (Introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- A New Directions Book
- Place of Publication
- Norflok, CT
- Keywords
- LITERATURE FICTION GENERAL NOVEL MANNERS AND CUSTOMS LITERARY WORKS GENERAL
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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Shoemaker Booksellers
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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