Certain Letters of James Howell: Selected from the Familiar Letters as First Published Between 1645 & 1655
by Howell, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ /No Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
N.Y.: John Day & Co.. 1928. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus Used. H Hard Cover (with slipcase). Very Good+. VG+ in cloth/boards (sl wear to slipcase; sl rub/bds). 8vo [14]+85+[5] Cont ains 28 letters of the noted English author, traveler and diplomat (ca. 159 4-1666), including 2 to Ben Jonson and 1 to Francis Bacon; selected by Rich ard J. Walsh and Guy Holt; introduction by Holt. One of 1000 copies (of whi ch 800 were for sale), designed as a student project of the Fine Arts Depar tment, New York University, with typography suggested by Frederic W. Goudy, printed at the printing house of William Edwin Rudge. Bound in 3/4 brown c loth over light brown boards, gilt- stamped spine, plain endpapers, t.e.g., untrimmed; in publisher's brown cardboard slipcase. Signed and dated by Goudy on front free endpaper ("FWGoudy: 1/11/28").
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- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0728424
- Title
- Certain Letters of James Howell: Selected from the Familiar Letters as First Published Between 1645 & 1655
- Author
- Howell, James
- Illustrator
- 5 engr illus
- Format/Binding
- H Hard Cover (with slipcase)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Thus Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Day & Co.
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1928
- Keywords
- Lit Crit HOWELL, JAMES ENGLISH LITERATURE 17TH CENTURY LETTER CORRESPONDENC E JONSON, BEN BACON, FRANCIS RUDGE, WILLIAM EDWI GOUDY, FREDERICK W.
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
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