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Nobel Prize Library: Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse
by The Nobel Foundation and The Swedish Acadamy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
NY and Del Mar, CA: Alexis Gregory and CRM Publishing. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1971. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full dark blue faux leather, red and gilt medallion on front cover, silver decoration on spine, silver lettering on red panels on spine, blue endpapers. Illustrated with a B&W frontispiece and several color illustrations. Published under the sponsorship of the Nobel Foundtaion and The Swedish Acadamy. The section on each of the three Nobel Prize winners, Ernest Hemingway (1954), Knut Hamsun (1920), and Hermann Hesse (1946), is illustrated with a full-page B&W portrait frontispiece, and includes the Presentation Address, the Acceptance Speech, an Essay on the Life and Work of the writer, several works, and excerpts from his work, an essay on the Prize for that year, and is illustrated with several full-page, full-color plates.. Fore-edge of front cover has a tiny tear in the leather and one small bump, former owner's name on ffep, otherwise unmarked, tight, square and clean. NEAR FINE. . Nobel Prize Library Series. Color and B&W Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vi), 378 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17008
- Title
- Nobel Prize Library: Ernest Hemingway, Knut Hamsun, Hermann Hesse
- Author
- The Nobel Foundation and The Swedish Acadamy
- Illustrator
- Robert Shore, John Groth, G. Lambert, and Dignimont
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alexis Gregory and CRM Publishing
- Place of Publication
- NY and Del Mar, CA
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- Literature;, Fiction;, Nobel Prize;, Speeches;, Ernest Hemingway;, Hermann Hesse;, Knut Hamsun;
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Spine
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- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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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