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Persephone
by John Drinkwater
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Warwick, New York, United States
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About This Item
Rudge, New York, 1926. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. JOHN DRINKWATER. Persephone, New York: William Edward Rudge, 1926.Quarto, one of an edition of 550, unpaginated with 28 leaves, black cloth boards with gilt lettering and devices to spine, design by Bruce Rogers. A Greek myth retold. Fine copy, some leaves unopened, store and collector tickets on rear paste-down. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Myths, Legends & Folklore; 1920s; Poetry. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55443. .
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- Bookseller
- Rarities etc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55443
- Title
- Persephone
- Author
- John Drinkwater
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rudge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Myths, Legends & Folklore; 1920s; Poetry. Unbranded John Drinkwater Persephone
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Warwick, New York
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- Leaves
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- 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...
- Unopened
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- Cloth
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
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- Spine
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...