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Arabella in Africa. With drawings by Rex Whistler - his first book illustrations - and Mary Forster-Knight.
by REX WHISTLER. Sir Frank Swettenham
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London, 1925. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First Edition (first printing). 8vo. 237pp + ii publisher's advertisements at the rear. Yellow cloth lettered in black at the spine and upper board. Whistler provides fourteen captioned plates, one in colour, and Forster-Knight seven plates; and there are a further nineteen chapter header and tail piece illustrations and vignettes, and a five panel fold-out sketch map at rear. One Forster-Knight plate is a little nicked and darkened at the edges, although the illustration itself is undamaged. Former owner details inked to the front pastedown. Cloth somewhat marked and grubby, yet a very crisp and bright copy internally. No dust wrapper..
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- Bookseller
- Clearwater Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ARC90878
- Title
- Arabella in Africa. With drawings by Rex Whistler - his first book illustrations - and Mary Forster-Knight.
- Author
- REX WHISTLER. Sir Frank Swettenham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head, London
- Date Published
- 1925
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About the Seller
Clearwater Books
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London
About Clearwater Books
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