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The Fiddler in Barly
by Robert nathan
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
The McBride Company, New York, 1926. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Inscribed, "For. This long ago book, Robert nathan" Book in near fine condition with slightly bumped spine bottom and lightening to top edge. jacked it VG - with very bright cover both front and verso, spine is faded to a point where the lettering is hard to read, though readable. jacket is unclipped($2.00). There are numerous good repairs to verso. Rare First Edition, in even rarer DJ. Here is the story of an old fiddler and his dancing dog. That the fiddler is no common fellow, that his dog is even less ordinary goes to readers familiar with the work of Robert Nathan without saying. the beauty of the book is indisputable, it is a compound of beauty, tenderness ,and fantasy, leavened with a dash of high comedy that most difficult to achieve of all literary ingredients. A rare and important collectible. Signed by Author(
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oshtemo Book Sellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000462
- Title
- The Fiddler in Barly
- Author
- Robert nathan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The McBride Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Keywords
- First Edition
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Oshtemo Book Sellers
Biblio member since 2017
Kalamazoo, Michigan
About Oshtemo Book Sellers
Rare finds with an emphasis on fiction, art, and signed first-editions. Oshtemo Book Sellers has an eye for quality and quirk.
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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