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THE MAN BEHIND THE BOOK; Literary Profiles
by Auchincloss, Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0395827485
- ISBN 13
- 9780395827482
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Boston New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1996. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Very Fine. INSCRIBED by the Author on the front endpaper, 8vo, dark brown quarter cloth with gold lettering over dark brown boards, Mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) depicting inset of Archimboldo's The Librarian, xi, [xii-xiv] + 208 pages. Louis Auchincloss (1917 - 2010), who grew up as a favored scion of a prestigious old patrician family, became an American lawyer, novelist, historian, and essayist. He is best known as a novelist who explored the experiences and psychology of American polite society and old money from New England and New York. His dry, ironic works of fiction continue the tradition of Henry James and Edith Wharton. SUPERIOR CONDITION! Tight, no notes (apart from LA's inscription). No remainder markings.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3662
- Title
- THE MAN BEHIND THE BOOK; Literary Profiles
- Author
- Auchincloss, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0395827485
- ISBN 13
- 9780395827482
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston New York
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- Aristocrat, Kennedy, JFK, editor, law, history, essays, Henry James, Edith Wharton, patrician, New York City
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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