The Ghost in the Underblows
by Fisher, Alfred Young; Powell, Lawrence Clark (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, soiled, and worn.
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, soiled, and worn.. 1940. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 300 numbered copies. A lengthy narrative poem by Alfred Young Fisher, a longtime Smith College professor and James Joyce and Shakespeare scholar, whose first wife, M. F. K. Fisher, is better known. Book design and striking orange and black illustrations by noted designer Alvin Lustig. Black blindstamped cloth. xxiv, 304pp. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51163
- Title
- The Ghost in the Underblows
- Author
- Fisher, Alfred Young; Powell, Lawrence Clark (editor)
- Illustrator
- Alvin Lustig
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket toned, soiled, and worn.
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Ward Ritchie Press
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Alvin Lustig, POETRY, Illustrated Books, Modern Design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry;
Terms of Sale
Old Saratoga Books
We are happy to provide a refund within thirty days of the customer's receipt of any book(s) upon return of the book(s) to our shop.
About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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- Soiled
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
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