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A Cry of Children
by BURNS, John Horne
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good-
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1952. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo. Pp. [1-2], 3-276. Bound in dark blue half-cloth over gray cloth boards, gilt lettering stamped on spine. A trifle wear to extremities. In the illustrated dust jacket, price-clipped, that has shallow chips and wear to edges, spine a bit faded. Please see photos. According to a New York Times review at the time of publication, the novel's power "owes its degree of power to the author's "ability to write exquisitely-observed mot-filled prose which lends a stylish quality to every incident ... ." The dust jacket presentes a mixed-bag of polychromatic brick wall with a photo inset of clasping hands. Dust jacket now enclosed in a removable, clear archival sleeve.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6130
- Title
- A Cry of Children
- Author
- BURNS, John Horne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with Dust Jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good-
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books was established in 1996 as a natural progression of proprietor Jeffrey Long's historical and bibliophilic interests. We are located in West Seattle and can be visited by appointment only.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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