War Letters.
by CROSBY, Harry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: The Black Sun Press,, 1932. First edition, one of 125 copies only, of this posthumously printed collection of Harry Crosby's letters written home to his family during his traumatic, formative war experiences serving as a volunteer in the American ambulance corps. Crosby had ended his own life in a dramatic suicide pact the year before this book's publication. The calf binding is particularly susceptible to wear and this is an unusually handsome example. Octavo. Original calf-backed marbled boards, titles gilt to spines with raised bands and olive morocco title labels, marbled endpapers. Photographic portrait frontispiece showing Crosby in his military uniform. Very light wear to extremities, but a sound and attractive copy, fresh within, generally excellent condition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 153795
- Title
- War Letters.
- Author
- CROSBY, Harry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Paris: The Black Sun Press,
- Date Published
- 1932
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
All major credit cards are accepted. Both UK pounds and US dollars (exchange rate to be agreed) accepted. Books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for any reason, please notify first of returned goods.
About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...