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The Admirable Crichton
by Barrie, J. M.; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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South Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1914 Elaborate gilt-tooled & decorated red cloth boards with all 20 tipped-in color plates with captioned tissue guards present & perfect, only slight shelf & edge wear with the very beginnings of fraying to spine top, page block edges show a little quiet soil & staining, binding & hinges tight pages bright & unfoxed, neat name to pastedown edge, no other markings, a clean tight near-exemplary copy with all the wonderful Hugh Tomson illustrations; 4to; (viii) 235pp illus. Extra shipping charge REQUIRED for shipment of this heavy oversize book (additional charge WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL for expedited or overseas shipment). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+.
Synopsis
A moment before the curtain rises, the Hon. Ernest Woolley drives up to the door of Loam House in Mayfair. There is a happy smile on his pleasant, insignificant face, and this presumably means that he is thinking of himself. He is too busy over nothing, this man about town, to be always thinking of himself, but, on the other hand, he almost never thinks of any other person. Probably Ernest's great moment is when he wakes of a morning and realises that he really is Ernest, for we must all wish to be that which is our ideal.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nighttown Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32050
- Title
- The Admirable Crichton
- Author
- Barrie, J. M.; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- London: Hodder & Stoughton
- Date Published
- 1914
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- The Admirable Crichton Barrie, J. M.; Illustrated by Hugh Thomson
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Nighttown Books
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South Pasadena, California
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