ODD JOHN A STORY BETWEEN JEST AND EARNEST
by STAPLEDON, OLAF
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus/No Jacket
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1987. All edges gilt. Covers and spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Silk bookmark. A copy of Collector's Notes laid-in. Illustrated by Wendy Snow-Lang. Small defect in leather on rear cover, tear fore-edge title-page with 1/2" piece missing, some scuffing of gilt bottom edge. First published in 1935, this work coined the term "homo superior". 157pp.. Collector's Edition. Full Green Leather. Good Plus/No Jacket. Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014818
- Title
- ODD JOHN A STORY BETWEEN JEST AND EARNEST
- Author
- STAPLEDON, OLAF
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science Fiction, Fantasy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Octavo
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- Gilt
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