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PAN AND PEACOCKS
by Roberts, Walter Adolphe
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good -
- Seller
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1928. 1st edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good -. 1st edition, limited to 500 copies. A Near Fine copt in Good to Very Good dust jacket. 8vo., 80 pp. Bound in black cloth and floral paper boards, with the floral pattern colored with gilt and aqua, in the blue printed dust jacket. The dust jacket has a small loss at the spine's crown and tail; spine and edges sunned to a tan. Still a nice copy of the scarce dust jacket. Walter Adolphe Roberts (1886-1962) was a Jamaican born novelist, poet, and historian of Jamaica and the Caribbean. His pamphlet, "Self Government for Jamaica" has been compared to Simon Bolivars call for independence for Jamaica in his work, "Jamaica Letter" of 1815. Pan and Peacocks is the third work of the author.
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26152
- Title
- PAN AND PEACOCKS
- Author
- Roberts, Walter Adolphe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- The Four Seas Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- poetry, play
Terms of Sale
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Frey Fine Books
Biblio member since 2019
Rougemont, North Carolina
About Frey Fine Books
Antiquarian bookseller, with over 15 years experience.
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