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THE DUCHESS OF WREXE- Her Decline and Death- A Romantic Commentary
by Sir Hugh Walpole
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG++/Good
- Seller
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Mansonville, Quebec, Canada
Item Price
$134.95$107.96
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About This Item
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1914. THE DUCHESS OF WREXE- Her Decline and Death- A Romantic Commentary- Sir Hugh Walpole- Grosset & Dunlap-NY- 1914- 1st Edition-1st Printing-Thus- Hardcover:-8vo-VG++/ Good- dj-now in mylar- mutiple chips and nicks but complete and EXTREMELY SCARCE, there are very few of these copies left-This book is one of the "novels of distinction", an experiment that Grosset & Dunlap tried in the early part of the 20th century. I don"t know how many of them were printed but they are very scarce today. original publishers maroon cloth with yellow titles on cover and on spine- a little rubbing, but tight textblock and solid spine & binding- 503pp are lightly toned, no tears or writing-no loose pages- PO name on ffep.-"The classic romantic adventure by one of the most prolific English writers."- Material Type: Fiction Document Type: Book Notes: Master microform held by: UnM. Description: 503 p. ; 20 cm. Responsibility by Hugh Walpole. Walpole, Hugh Sir 1884-1941 Overview Works: 581 works in 1,306 publications in 18 languages and 36,946 library holdings Genres: Children's stories, English Historical fiction War stories New Zealand fiction Suspense fiction Mystery fiction Motion picture plays Photographs Contracts Subject Headings: Novelists, English--20th century Authors, English--20th century Not many copies this nice around! And very uncommon in dust jacket. A very nicecollectible! Fiction-historical-romance-adventure-classic (1336) . 1st Edition-1st Printing Thus. Cloth. VG++/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- jakoll
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1336
- Title
- THE DUCHESS OF WREXE- Her Decline and Death- A Romantic Commentary
- Author
- Sir Hugh Walpole
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG++
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition-1st Printing Thus
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Keywords
- Fiction-historical-romance-adventure-classic
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
jakoll
Biblio member since 2007
Mansonville, Quebec
About jakoll
We specialize in Modern 1st Edition, Children's books, Vintage classics, vinyl records, original movie posters, sports cards, comics, postage stamps and coins.We only sell online at this time and have been doing so for over 30 years.
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- FFEP
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- Jacket
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- Tight
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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