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The Triumph of the Egg
by ANDERSON, Sherwood
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Cloth fine and fresh, lettering bright; jacket spine slightly sunned and spotted, and with a few chips at head
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: B. W. Huebsch, Inc, 1921. First edition. Cloth fine and fresh, lettering bright; jacket spine slightly sunned and spotted, and with a few chips at head. 8vo. 7 plates of Eugene Hutchinson's photographs of the clay impressions of Tennessee Mitchell. Original cloth; dust jacket; black cloth slipcase with morocco label.
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- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 401562
- Title
- The Triumph of the Egg
- Author
- ANDERSON, Sherwood
- Book Condition
- Used - Cloth fine and fresh, lettering bright; jacket spine slightly sunned and spotted, and with a few chips at head
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. W. Huebsch, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1921
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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Ardsley, New York
About Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Sunned
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