Peter Whiffle
by Van Vechten, Carl
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: The Modern Library, 1929. The first novel by Van Vechten (1880-1964), a major figure as a supporter of the Harlem Renaissance, which details bohemian life in New York and Paris. Originally published in 1922; this is a Near Fine copy of the First Modern Liibrary Edition (stated). Red cloth binding; ruled; ML logo on front cover ingilt; gilt titling on the spine, with the grape-leaf decoration. Clean text; 247 pages; red topstain. Soft binding is very lightly bumped. A previous-owner has made penciled notes to the rear free endpaper. A nice little book.. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004608
- Title
- Peter Whiffle
- Author
- Van Vechten, Carl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
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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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...