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The Making of An Immortal
by Moore, George
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York & London: The Bowling Green Press and Faber & Gwyer, Ltd., 1927. This is a Near Fine copy of the First Edition, which has been LIMITED to 1240 copies that are SIGNED by the Author on the Limitation Page. Ochre paper-covered boards, with a paper spine label in red and gilt. Clean text; 59 pages. Ochre paper-covered boards, with a paper spine label in red and gilt. Clean text; 59 pages. Illustrated by Claire Bruce; printed by William Edwin Rudge. Tiny bookseller label on the rear paste-down. A bit of spotting to the top edge, else a Fine copy of one of Moore's best late-life productions. In an archival plastic protector.. Limited. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004573
- Title
- The Making of An Immortal
- Author
- Moore, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- The Bowling Green Press and Faber & Gwyer, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- New York & London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Literature (Irish Authors);
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through Biblio. California residents add appropriate sales tax. Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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