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The Happy End
by Williams, Ben Ames
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Derrydale Press, 1939. Limited First Edition of 1939. Near fine in 1/4 off-white buckram and blue-gray cloth covered boards with gilt text on a black leather title box on the spine and with gilt text stamped on the front board. Without a dust jacket as issued. One of the "original" Derrydale printings of which only 1,250 copies were produced. This copy is identified as number 609 on the copyright page. 240 pages with black and white illustrations by Churchill Ettinger. A collection of nine short stories about hunting and fishing with a forward by Kenneth Roberts.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Town's End Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- TB22697
- Title
- The Happy End
- Author
- Williams, Ben Ames
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Limited First Edition of 1939
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Derrydale Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
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About the Seller
Town's End Books
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Deep River, Connecticut
About Town's End Books
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- Fine
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- Copyright page
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Buckram
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...