DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY; A BOOK OF FAIRY POEMS
by de la Mare, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Talent, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1922. First US edition, first printing . Hardcover. Dorothy P. Lathrop. Collects de la Mare's poems on fairies, witches, witchcraft and the world of dream. Color illustrated frontis by Lathrop plus many black and white illustrations throughout. Bound in original dark blue cloth with lettering and illustration stamped in gilt. Near fine in very good dust jacket with small chip to the head of the spine panel and one tiny chip to the top of the front flap fold. An attractive copy seldom found in the dust jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33792
- Title
- DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY; A BOOK OF FAIRY POEMS
- Author
- de la Mare, Walter
- Illustrator
- Dorothy P. Lathrop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US edition, first printing
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural, fairy, fairies, poetry, literature
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About the Seller
Robert Gavora, Fine and Rare Books
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Talent, Oregon
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