Painted Veils; With Twelve Illustrations in Color by Majeska
by Huneker, James [Gibbons]
- Used
- Condition
- Fine in a lightly nicked dust jacket with chipping to the spine ends, a partial tear to spine, and a few marks.
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About This Item
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Fine in a lightly nicked dust jacket with chipping to the spine ends, a partial tear to spine, and a few marks.. 8vo, 310pp; polished black cloth with gilt stamping and leather spine label, black coated endpapers. Limited edition of 1250 numbered (1145) copies, the second of Liveright's re-issues of Huneker's only novel. The illustrator, known publicly as Madame Majeska, was the Philadephia-born designer Henriette Stern who, in addition to her popular work in the graphic arts, designed costumes for the Ziegfeld Follies among others.
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- Bookseller
- Locus Solus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 205557
- Title
- Painted Veils; With Twelve Illustrations in Color by Majeska
- Author
- Huneker, James [Gibbons]
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in a lightly nicked dust jacket with chipping to the spine ends, a partial tear to spine, and a few marks.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
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