Woman and Puppet
by Louys, Pierre
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Private, 1930. Another rather charming tale of obsession by a romantic "soft core" French author (1870-1925) whose erotic writing has remained popular.The illustrations by William Siegal are less explicit than is usual in Louys' works. This copy is from a privately-printed edition of 2500 (so stated; however, the delimitation on this copy has been left blank). Presented in a Fine Binding: black paper-covered boards with gilt lettering, parchment spine; high-quality deckle-edge paper;153 pages. Near Fine condition: slight wear at the edges of the spine, else Fine. No dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Illus. by William Siegel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000517
- Title
- Woman and Puppet
- Author
- Louys, Pierre
- Illustrator
- William Siegel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited.
- Publisher
- Private
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Erotica;
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Parchment
- Pages or book covering made from a prepared animal skin. Parchment describes any animal skin used for books, while vellum is a...