The Countess of Forli Limited Edition of 440 Copies Signed with gift-inscription by the author and with single sheet typed poem by Stanford loose-inserted
by Stanford, Ann
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good in rubbed boards/no dustwrapper
- Seller
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Camira, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
California: Orirana Press, 1985. Limited Edition. hardbound. Very Good in rubbed boards/no dustwrapper. 8vo. b&w frontispiece illustration Nice small press publication, printed by Meriden-Stinehour Press (Vermont) on Mohawk Letterpress paper; being Ann Stanford's dramatic poem based on the life of Caterina Sforza; b&w frontispiece drawing of a handsome hawk by Jennifer Jo Smith; published in an edition of 440 copies (not numbered), this copy signed by Ann Stanford and with gift-inscription ('dearest friend') to front endpaper; also includes a single page with typed poem by Stanford loose-inserted; half black buckram with printed title label to spine, black cloth sides, orange endpapers; Very Good tight and clean throughout; boards lightly rubbed, and with some pale white marks front and rear.
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- Bookseller
- Gotcha By The Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22430
- Title
- The Countess of Forli Limited Edition of 440 Copies Signed with gift-inscription by the author and with single sheet typed poem by Stanford loose-inserted
- Author
- Stanford, Ann
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in rubbed boards
- Jacket Condition
- no dustwrapper
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Orirana Press
- Place of Publication
- California
- Date Published
- 1985
- Pages
- 62pp
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
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About Gotcha By The Books
Gotcha By The Books is an online bookshop, working from home, in Camira, Queensland, Australia. The owner has been selling books in Brisbane since 1985, and Gotcha By The Books has been online since 2001. We specialize in Poetry, Australian Poetry, Literature, Art, Australiana, Aboriginal Australia, Rare and Antiquarian Books. We buy books on any subject (so long as we know we can re-sell them!). We are open by appointment.
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