Zoo of the Gods: Animals in Myth, Legend & Fable (Signed First Edition with Dust Jacket, Very good)
by Mercatante, Anthony S
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, 1974. SIGNED FIRST EDITION with dust jacket, very good. Full rust colored hardcover with gilt lettering on the spine. Purple endges are fading at the edges. Sticker residue on front free endpage. Flatsigned "Mercatante" in a hurried hand on the half title page. Stated first edition. Jacket is not price-clipped but it is slightly age-toned at the toped edge with the top of the spine curled, worn and a quarter in closed tear. Overall a VERY GOOD PLUS book in a VERY GOOD dust jacket. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Full Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Anthony S. Mercatante. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover.
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- Bookseller
- Ziern-Hanon Galleries
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015013
- Title
- Zoo of the Gods: Animals in Myth, Legend & Fable (Signed First Edition with Dust Jacket, Very good)
- Author
- Mercatante, Anthony S
- Illustrator
- Anthony S. Mercatante
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London
- Date Published
- 1974
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- xyz
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