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The Last Hunt
by Genevoix, Maurice. [Lynd Ward]
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, 1940. Green cloth (hardcover), pictorial onlay to front board and gilt titles, in mylar protected dust-jacket, (8.25 x 5.5 inches). First Edition (stated on copyright page). Translated from the French by Warre Bardley Wells. 281 pages; illustrated with 55 in-text and 10 full page drawings by Lynd Ward. A novel of nature and deer life in the spirit of Bambi. An exceptionally clean, tight copy showing just light toning in an unclipped ($2.00) jacket.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Illus. by Lynd Ward. Octavo.
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- Books & Bidders
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005231
- Title
- The Last Hunt
- Author
- Genevoix, Maurice. [Lynd Ward]
- Illustrator
- Lynd Ward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Size
- Octavo
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- Jacket
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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