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The Fables of La Fontaine (Signed Limited Edition)
by MOORE, Marianne and La Fontaine
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wadsworth, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Viking Press, 1954. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 342 pages. Number 194 from an edition of 400 copies. A clean very near fine copy in cloth boards with man of the page edges unopened and in an about very good slipcase that has some edge wear and some splitting to the edges. No dust jacket. Signed by Moore on the limitation page and with a laid in typed and signed letter from Moore mentioning this book and with a folded and corrected errata on tissue paper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 187910
- Title
- The Fables of La Fontaine (Signed Limited Edition)
- Author
- MOORE, Marianne and La Fontaine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Poetry
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About the Seller
Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2008
Wadsworth, Illinois
About Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA
We are members of ABAA, ILAB and Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association. We specialize in First Editions of 20th century photography, art, design, literature, drama, poetry, and signed books. We are not an open shop but always welcome inquiries.
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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