The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays
by WOOLF, VIRGINIA
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good +
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1950. First American Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good +. Octavo. Bound in dark blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, pp. viii, 248. Near fine copy in dust jacket by Vanessa Bell. Slightly soiled dust wrapper, with spine and flap-folds gently darkened, minor nicks at tips and spine ends, otherwise a very good copy overall. Precedes the UK edition by 1 week.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30901
- Title
- The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays
- Author
- WOOLF, VIRGINIA
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; Essays
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
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About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
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- Fine
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