What Never Dies: A Romance
by D'Aurevilly, Barbey. [Oscar Wilde translation]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good condition
- Seller
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Garrison, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Privately Printed, 1928. Hardcover. Very good condition. Translated by Oscar Wilde, under the pseudonym of Sebastian Melmoth. Large 8vo, 438pp, Color ,sugestive, frontispiece. Pictorial endpapers, bound in dark and light blue cloth with gold gilt title on the spine. Complete with printed dustjacket chipped at edges and lower spine. Top edge gilt with uncut foredge. Translated from The French by Sebastian Melmoth (Oscar Wilde).
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- Bookseller
- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19241
- Title
- What Never Dies: A Romance
- Author
- D'Aurevilly, Barbey. [Oscar Wilde translation]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
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About the Seller
Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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Garrison, New York
About Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
Booksellers for over 40 years, members of prominent trade associations (ABAA, ILAB, ANZAAB, IMCOS, ANZMS, PBFA). We are located at Garrison NY, a stone's throw from the Metro North Hudson line train, just over 1 hr. from NYC on the banks of the Hudson River. Books, maps, prints & ephemera bought & sold.
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Spine
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- 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...
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- Cloth
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