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The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition Of Frank Norris's Works
by Norris, Frank
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Full crimson morocco. Teg. Fine. 10 Vols
- Seller
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1928. First edition. leather_bound. Full crimson morocco. Teg. Fine. 10 Vols. 22 x 15 cm. Limited edition, copy 17 of 245 with a 57 line manuscript page from the author's McTeague inserted in Vol. I with hand corrections and notations. Original ink smears and fingerprints of Norris. Introductions by H.L. Mencken, Theordore Drieser and Charles Norris. Written in the naturalist genre akin to Stephen Crane and Theodore Drieser his work initially was highly praised. Contemporary critics have condemned his anti-Semitic portraits and his contempt for the working poor and immigrants. Photogravure portrait frontispiece in first volume by Arnold Genthe. Full crimson morocco, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt in floral motifs and covers similarly decorated with gilt arabesques at corners. Gilt dentelles, crushed green levant doublures with gilt borders and silk moire front endpapers further enhance the set. A few tiny spots of joint rubbing. BAL 15049, 15048.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23557
- Title
- The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition Of Frank Norris's Works
- Author
- Norris, Frank
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Full crimson morocco. Teg. Fine. 10 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Social Life;
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- Gilt
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- Morocco
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
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- Fine
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