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The Ghosts of Piccadilly (First edition) First edition.
by Slythe Street, George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dust jacket.
- Seller
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Eynsham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Archibald Constable & Co, 1907. First edition. Hardback. Very Good/No dust jacket.. Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1907. First edition. Book condition: very good. Beautifully bound in contemporary maroon calf. Gilt spine slightly faded. 8vo. Decorated endpapers and top edge gilt. Some very light spotting here and there. Inscribed to front pastedown "To Jules, Xmas 07" and bearing the bookplate of Sir Julius Wernher, Bart. (founder of De Beers). Frontispiece plus twelve engraved portraits with tissue guards. No dust jacket. Perhaps best known for his 1894 novel, The Autobiography of a Boy, which satirized his contemporary aesthetes Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas. The Ghosts of Piccadilly is a keenly observed and beautifully written compendium of some of those who inhabited Piccadilly.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ariadne Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1304888
- Title
- The Ghosts of Piccadilly (First edition) First edition.
- Author
- Slythe Street, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1907
- Keywords
- Miscellaneous,George Street,Piccadilly,London
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellaneous;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ariadne Books
Biblio member since 2018
Eynsham, Oxfordshire
About Ariadne Books
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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