SOME QUEER PEOPLE ,A scarce book by the British aristocrat and science fiction writer, A gallery of Queerest Eccentrics -12 of them ranging from King William IV to Edgar Allan Poe,
by LADBROKE BLACK , A scarce book by the British Aristocrat and Science Fiction Writer, B/W GLOSSYphotographs and illustrations. Blank endpapers light Fox , SPINE DJ 12/6 NET PRICE,
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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LONG BEACH, California, United States
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About This Item
Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. LONDON, 1931. HBDJ, UNDATED 1st Edition, Early, 1931, Used: VG/VG-, AS-IS, MAJENTA Cloth Hardcover Titled in black on Spine cvr. The jacket is tanned, with scuffs to its edges. The textblock edge is foxed. Seems VG- to read throughout SLIGHTLY FOXED, Tanning and chipping to spine of jacket. Dust soiling to top edge of text block. Boards and jacket bumped and shelf worn on corners, edges and spine ends. ,12 of them ranging from King William IV to Edgar Allan Poe, J. M .W. Turner to Napoleon's first born, Margaret Fuller, HETTY GREEN, DR. Beddoes ,Earl of Peterborough ETC. detailed look at some eccentics throughout history, QUUER Means behaving or Appearing Otherwise than is Usual. Blank endpapers light Fox , SPINE DJ 12/6 NET PRICE,. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.
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- Title
- SOME QUEER PEOPLE ,A scarce book by the British aristocrat and science fiction writer, A gallery of Queerest Eccentrics -12 of them ranging from King William IV to Edgar Allan Poe,
- Author
- LADBROKE BLACK , A scarce book by the British Aristocrat and Science Fiction Writer, B/W GLOSSYphotographs and illustrations. Blank endpapers light Fox , SPINE DJ 12/6 NET PRICE,
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. LONDON
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- QUEER PEOPLE ECCENTRICS WEIRD HERMITS RECLUSE RICH WEALTHY EDGAR ALLAN POE , HETTY GREEN
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...