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Carl Van Vechten and the Irreverent Decades
by Bruce Kellner
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good/See Description
- Seller
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Cazenovia, New York, United States
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About This Item
1968 hardcover as pictured. A nicely made book in good condition. Carl Van Vechten as one of America's most distinguished men of letters. This book traces his life from la belle epoque through the roaring twenties. Binding is firm. Head and tail bands. Embossed maroon cloth boards are clean with only slight shelf wear. Warmly inscribed and signed by the author on FFEP. Text appears clean and unmarked. Includes many b&w photographs of Van Vechten and his cohort. Dust jacket is price clipped but otherwise complete with light shelf wear. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s AR
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Details
- Bookseller
- Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2866
- Title
- Carl Van Vechten and the Irreverent Decades
- Author
- Bruce Kellner
- Format/Binding
- See Description
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- See Description
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- University Of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman
- Date Published
- 1968
- Pages
- 354
- Size
- 6x9
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- elle Epoque, Roaring Twenties, Biography, Gertrude Stein
- Bookseller catalogs
- Roaring Twenties; Biography; Belle Epoque;
Terms of Sale
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Return guarantee with full refund, including shipping costs, for up to 14 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
Biblio member since 2018
Cazenovia, New York
About Friends of the Cazenovia Public Library
We are a group of volunteers supporting our local library. All proceeds go to the library. We strive for excellent customer service. Please contact us with any questions. If you are in the area you may also visit our store, Carriage Barn Books, adjacent to the library at 100 Albany Street Cazenovia NY
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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