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The Collected Tales of Pierre Louÿs (Limited Edition Complete With Slipcase)
by Louÿs, Pierre
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chicago: Argus Books at The Peacock Press, 1930. Limited Ed. First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Austen, John. The Argus Books limited edition of 1930 (completed December 1929), limited to 2000 unnumbered copies. Designed, set-up and printed at The Peacock Press, Chicago. Hardcover in dust jacket and the scarce slipcase. Black cloth gilt with bevelled edges. All clean and bright with minor wear to spine tips and bottom edge. Top edges bright gilt. Untrimmed fore edge. A clean copy without bookplates, foxing or markings other than 2 small stains to the bottom edges of the back endpapers. The front free endpaper bears a pencil inscription to Simon [Relph], the film producer/director from whose estate this book was acquired. This is lightly done and could be erased. There are 16 erotic colour plates with tissue guards in a web design, plus a colour title page illustration and b/w chapter headings, all by John Austen. 293 pp. Firmly bound. The illustrated dust jacket is lightly age-toned with sunning to the spine, a few tiny tears, and minor loss to the spine head. The book is protected by the publisher's black slipcase which is in good condition with rubbing to corners and some edges. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Additional images available on request or these may be viewed in my listing. All orders professionally packed, tracked and/or signed for, and insured.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bath and West Books (PBFA)
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005454
- Title
- The Collected Tales of Pierre Louÿs (Limited Edition Complete With Slipcase)
- Author
- Louÿs, Pierre
- Illustrator
- Austen, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Ed. First Printing
- Publisher
- Argus Books at The Peacock Press
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Adult & Erotic; Signed & Limited; Erotica; Erotic Literature; Erotic Illustrations;
Terms of Sale
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Book orders are professionally packed and shipped within 48 hours.
Returns accepted within 14 days of delivery but please contact us in first instance.
About the Seller
Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Biblio member since 2009
Bath, Somerset
About Bath and West Books (PBFA)
Bath and West Books is an online/mail order business owned by Jo West and based just outside the city of Bath. I have been dealing in antiquarian and secondhand books since 2003 and I buy and sell books on a wide variety of subjects with particular interests in Literature and Poetry, The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, Modern Firsts, History, Politics, Children's and Illustrated Books, Travel, Art, Fine Bindings, Literary Sets, the Folio Society and anything unusual and interesting. Please visit www.BathandWestBooks.co.uk for further information. You can also follow us at Twitter.com/BathWestBooks.
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- Rubbing
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- Edges
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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....
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
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