JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOL-KILLER
by BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
SFLTD. BENET, Stephen Vincent. JOHNNY PYE & THE FOOL-KILLER. Illustrated by Charles CHILD. Weston, VT: The Countryman Press (1938). No. 339 of 750 copies, signed by Benet and Child. 78 pp. 8vo., blue cloth with gilt spine title and original publisher's printed paper advertising band. Heavily sunned at spine and top edges. Ex-library with bookplate, owner's ink signature to front pastedown. Interior fine. A tall tale. B/w illustrations.
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- Seller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 81931
- Title
- JOHNNY PYE AND THE FOOL-KILLER
- Author
- BENET, STEPHEN VINCENT
- Illustrator
- SFLTD
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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