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Light Metres
by Lamport, Felicia
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0896960900
- ISBN 13
- 9780896960909
- Seller
-
Madison, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Everest House, 1982. 122pp. Gilt decorated Beige Cloth Orange spine label. This is #207 of 350 signed limited copies. otherwise an attractive unread copy. Has the original glassine jacket with significant loss on the upper left corner of the front and the bottom edge rear.Classic gorey illustrations throughout. Housed in a green slipcase .A book of verbal and visual satire and wit.. Signed By Edward Gorey and Felicia Lamport. First Edition Signed Limited Numbered. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fair. Illus. by Edward Gorey. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033163
- Title
- Light Metres
- Author
- Lamport, Felicia
- Illustrator
- Edward Gorey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Edition
- First Edition Signed Limited Numbered
- ISBN 10
- 0896960900
- ISBN 13
- 9780896960909
- Publisher
- Everest House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- Octavo
- Keywords
- MacAbre Humor Limited Bookfair23
Terms of Sale
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
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About the Seller
The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
Biblio member since 2005
Madison, New Jersey
About The Chatham Bookseller, LLC
The Chatham Bookseller began in 1968, and, in 1970, opened a store at its present location in Madison, NJ. The store contains over 10,000 books in over 80 different subjects, and favors good used books and good literature (both hardcover and paperback) over popular books and bestsellers. Our Internet business began in 2001. Upon visiting the store, we can show and sell individual online titles upon request. Store hours are 10:00-5:30 (Tues.-Sat.) and 11:00-4:00 (Sun.). The business is run by Richard Chalfin.
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- Spine Label
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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