Prose Fancies.
by Le GALLIENNE, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tamworth, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane / New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894. Octavo, publisher's dark blue vertically ribbed cloth, pp. (x), 204, 4 (catalogue of the author's works), 16 (ads dated March 1894); with a Lithographed Portrait of the Author by R. Wlison Steer. Title page mounted on a stub. Notice regarding American copyright on verso of title page. Duel imprint at base of spine (London & New York, 1894). With Le Gallienne's signed presentation inscription to his publisher Grant Richards: "Grant Richards from his friend Richard Le Gallienne". Laid in is a 4 pp. order form for Le Gallienne's books (browned and with slight chipping to fore-edge). Text block slightly browned, corners a bit bumped, some bubbling to cloth, else very good or better. .
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- Bookseller
- Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20182
- Title
- Prose Fancies.
- Author
- Le GALLIENNE, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane / New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1894.
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1890's;
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Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
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About the Seller
Robert Wright Books, ABAC / ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Tamworth, Ontario
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- Octavo
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- Chipping
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