NIGHT WATCHES
by Jacobs, W.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g./No Jacket
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914. 247 pp. Dull gold-leaf on spine title [un-worn]. Original orange cloth, pictorially blocked in black on upper cover and spine and 6 plates by 'Stanley Davis'. CONTAINS THE GOTHIC HORROR STORY ' THE THREE SISTERS'. A sound copy, browned end-papers and occasional fox mark. Although the illustrations are credited to Stanley Davis the drawing feature the self-portrait of Will Owen that he used in so many of his illustrations i.e a very fat man with a goatee beard and a tall hat. [The front cover of Jacob's book 'Deep Water' is another classic example of Owen drawing himself]. Neat ink owners name and address to the end-paper. . 1st edition. decorative orange boards. V.g./No Jacket. Illus. by Stanley Davis. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H739
- Title
- NIGHT WATCHES
- Author
- Jacobs, W.W
- Illustrator
- Stanley Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1914
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern First;
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Thomas Rare Books
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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