Steppenwolf
by Hermann Hesse
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
-
Longmont, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
The Easton Press, The Collector's Library of Famous Editions (1991). First Edition thus; Collector's Edition. Illustrated by Charles Raymond. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Used - Fine, Like New condition. Text block is tight and clean with no ownership markings or bookplates. Appears unopened / unread. Bound In full (genuine) leather with hubbed spine. Embossed in 22kt gold on the spine and front and back covers. Heavy duty binding boards. Printed on acid-neutral, archival paper with gilded edges. Smyth sewn with concealed muslin joints, silk moire fabric end leaves, and permanent satin ribbon marker. Notes From The Archives sheet laid in. Photos are of the copy we have at Barbed Wire Books.
Translated by Basil Creighton.
Beautiful gift book!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Barbed Wire Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M0074
- Title
- Steppenwolf
- Author
- Hermann Hesse
- Illustrator
- Helmut Ackermann
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 181
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Gift Book, Special Edition, Fine Binding, German Literature, Translation
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction; Easton Press;
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