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THE RED NAPOLEON
by Gibbons, Floyd 02a
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- FINE book. Initialed limited illustrated edition. #116 of 250.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith. FINE book. Initialed limited illustrated edition. #116 of 250.. (1929). 1st limited ed. Hardcover. FINE book, VG DJ(in Brodart). TEG. Black cloth, black eps & pastedowns. Gilt spine lettering, gilt Karakhan image on cover. . 8vo, 475pp. TEG. The limited ed has about 2 dozen full page plates not in the 1st trade. In text b/w illustrations the same in both. The fold out battle map is between pages 412 & 413 rather than book's end. Very nice book & DJ. Top edge & cover gilt bright as new. Fore & bottom edges, & all of book's contents, as clean & white as new. ZERO marginalia, aging, foxing, soiling, etc. Inked name & adress on half title page is sole flaw. Dramatic DJ with $2.50 price. DJ spine with hint of sunning. Extrems with minor wear, a few 1/4" max chips or closed tears. Same scowling face on DJ & book's cover. Impressive book & DJ. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001484
- Title
- THE RED NAPOLEON
- Author
- Gibbons, Floyd 02a
- Illustrator
- Knight, Thomason et al
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - FINE book. Initialed limited illustrated edition. #116 of 250.
- Edition
- 1st limited ed
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape Harrison Smith
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- (1929)
- Keywords
- FINE book, VG DJ(in Brodart). TEG. Black cloth, black eps &, pastedowns. Gilt spine lettering, gilt Karakhan image on cover.
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
Visa, M/C, MO, Check. Shipping is free for a "regular" weight book. But for heavier books, and multi volume sets, we ask for any additional postage. Basically we pay the first $3.
About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
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