The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze: And Other Stories
by Saroyan, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First edition thus. Octavo. 8 colored woodblock illustrations and title page woodcut by Bill Prochnow; 1 b/w facsimile. Afterword ("Imperfect, Alive, and Deam-Filled: The Fervency of William Saroyan") by Herbert Gold; author's prefaces (to the first and second editions). Full chocolate brown linen, gilt stamped spine, gilt and blindstamped upper cover, tan endpapers, uncut. Fine. Publisher's slipcase. 194 pages.
Number 149 of 220 copies (of which 200 were for sale), designed by James and Carolyn Robertson, printed by James Wehlage, and signed by Gold and Prochnow on limitation page.
Number 149 of 220 copies (of which 200 were for sale), designed by James and Carolyn Robertson, printed by James Wehlage, and signed by Gold and Prochnow on limitation page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6027
- Title
- The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze: And Other Stories
- Author
- Saroyan, William
- Illustrator
- Bill Prochnow
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Yolla Bolly Press
- Place of Publication
- Covelo, California
- Date Published
- 1984
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Size
- Octavo
Terms of Sale
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Palm Springs, California
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