The Rescue a melodrama for broadcasting Based on Homer's Odyssey
by Sackville-West, Edward
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Sorn, East Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Secker & Warburg Limited, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾. Moore, Henry. 96pp. A limited edition on hand-made paper of 850 copies - this being number 826. No other inscriptions. Original publisher's blue cloth - gilt embossed to the spine. No jacket. Rough-cut edges - as it should be. Upper edge gilt. The tail of the spine a llittle bumped and all four board corners a little bumped or turned in. None heavy. A very good copy of a relatively rare publication - just 850 copies being limited.
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- Bookseller
- Trumpington Fine Books Limited (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 240476
- Title
- The Rescue a melodrama for broadcasting Based on Homer's Odyssey
- Author
- Sackville-West, Edward
- Illustrator
- Moore, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Secker & Warburg Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾"
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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