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THE VOICE OF THE CITY AND OTHER STORIES
by O. HENRY (WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER)
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/Glassine Cover, Nearly Fine
- Seller
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. The glassine jacket is fine except for small cip head of spine and bottom front cover. Book spine is lettered in gilt. This is copy 113/1500 SIGNED BY THE ILLUSTRATOR. Full page color illustrations by George Grosz. Twenty short stories by William Syndey Porter (pen name O. Henry), who lived from 1862-1910. He is best-known for his short stories, "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Ransom of Red Chief" both of which are included in this anthology. 221pp. Housed in a custom slipcase, which is nearly fine. A crisp and clean copy. It will be difficult to find a nicer copy! . Signed by Illustrator. Limited Edition. Black Cloth. Fine/Glassine Cover, Nearly Fine. Illus. by George Grosz. Super Royal Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Glenn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015627
- Title
- THE VOICE OF THE CITY AND OTHER STORIES
- Author
- O. HENRY (WILLIAM SYDNEY PORTER)
- Illustrator
- George Grosz
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Glassine Cover, Nearly Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1935
- Size
- Super Royal Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- O. Henry, Autograph, LEC
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Glenn Books
Biblio member since 2005
Prairie Village, Kansas
About Glenn Books
We are an antiquarian bookshop established in 1933. We are members of ABAA and ILAB.
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- Cloth
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- Octavo
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- Jacket
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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....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Fine
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