SHAPES IN THE FIRE
by SHIEL, M. P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.
- Seller
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BURLINGTON, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LT. NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.. PUB 1896. FIRST EDITION. HARDCOVER. FIRST ISSUE WITH CATALOG AT REAR DATED 1896, #29 IN THE BODLEY HEAD "KEYNOTE SERIES" . TRUE FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, FIRST ISSUE WITH LIGHT BROWN CLOTH COVERED BOARDS WITH BRIGHT GILT SPINE TITLES, TITLES AND DECORATION IN RED ON FRONT COVER, KEYNOTE LOGO IN RED ON SPINE AND ALSO ON REAR COVER WITH "1896", PAGINATION ERROR IN THE TABLE OF CONTENTS, AND 26 PAGES OF CATALOG AT THE END OF THE TEXT. SLIGHT SOIL AND A SOME LIGHT SCATTERED MARKING, LIGHT FOXING TO ENDPAPERS, PRELIMINARY AND TERMINAL LEAVES, A FEW PAGES ROUGHLY OPENED WITH A LARGE PORTION OF PAGE 123, "INTERLUDE", MISSING BUT NOT AFFECTING ANY TEXT. AN EXCELLENT CLEAN, BRIGHT COPY OF THIS SCARCE AND SIGNIFICANT SHIEL COLLECTION AND EXCEEDING THE USUALLY ENCOUNTERED CONDITION BY QUITE A BIT. .
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- Bookseller
- JOHN LUTSCHAK BOOKS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- COLLECTI008942I
- Title
- SHAPES IN THE FIRE
- Author
- SHIEL, M. P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - NEAR FINE WITHOUT D.J.
- Edition
- FIRST EDITION
- Publisher
- JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LT
- Place of Publication
- LONDON
- Date Published
- PUB 1896
- Keywords
- SUPERNATURAL, STORIES
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