The Alcestiad; or, A Life in the Sun / The Drunken Sisters.
by Wilder, Thornton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- BINDING/CONDITION: full leather binding -- dark green, with extensive gilt decorations; raised spine bands, all edges gilt; rib
- Seller
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Oroville, California, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania:: Franklin Library, 1977.. Limited First Edition.. Leather bound . BINDING/CONDITION: full leather binding -- dark green, with extensive gilt decorations; raised spine bands, all edges gilt; ribbon place marker; Fine condition.. 8vo (about 8.25 inches tall) . Silk moire endpapers. Description: This is from the Franklin Library Limited First Edition Society collection. Drama critic Brooks Atkinson has written a special message for this edition. Foreword by Isabel Wilder. Illustrated by Daniel Maffia.
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- Bookseller
- The Bookworm (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 062022
- Title
- The Alcestiad; or, A Life in the Sun / The Drunken Sisters.
- Author
- Wilder, Thornton
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - BINDING/CONDITION: full leather binding -- dark green, with extensive gilt decorations; raised spine bands, all edges gilt; rib
- Edition
- Limited First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania:
- Date Published
- 1977.
- Pages
- 170 pages.
- Size
- 8vo (about 8.25 inches tall)
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