[Verona]: Limited Editions Club, 1936. hardcover. Small university bookplate on the front pastedown and small sticker of Philip Duschnes Rare Books on the rear pastedown. In the uncommon dustwrapper, a little darkened on the backstrip and some fraying to the top and bottom edges from sliding in and out of the slipcase which, except for a split at the upper edge of the backstrip, is Near Fine. Near Fine in a Near Fine dustwrapper and slipcase. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10") bound in full, natural decorated linen stamped in brown and gold; 320 pages. A selection from the revised 1846 edition of Landor's series of imaginary conversations between notable figures in history, including Dante and Beatrice, Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Washington and Franklin, etc. Copy #100 of 1500 printed on Maslianico hand-made paper, bound, and SIGNED by Hans Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni. Monthly Letter laid in.

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Bookseller: Charles Agvent (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010646
Title: IMAGINARY CONVERSATIONS
Author: LANDOR, Walter Savage
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Small university bookplate on the front pastedown and small sticker of Philip Duschnes Rare Books on the rear pastedown. In the
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Limited Editions Club
Place of Publication: [Verona]
Date Published: 1936
Keywords: Signed, Limited Editions, 19th Century British Literature, Fine Press, Walter S. Landor, Officina Bodoni
Bookseller catalogs: 19th Century British Literature; Limited Editions; Officina Bodoni;

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Charles Agvent

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We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).

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