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Nursery Rhymes.
by Sackville West, V[ita]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See item description/VG
- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
First, Limited Edition: Number 527 of 550. Dropmore Press. London. 1947. Royal 8vo. (6), 66, (blank), (1)pp. Printed on a hand press on hand-made laid paper by Portals of Whitchurch, with title and historiated initial of the first page of text in pink and black. Binding by Evans of Croydon: decorative blue cloth gilt, gilt back, gilt inner dentelles. Untrimmed edges, a lovely copy in the original unclipped protected dustwrapper lightly sunned to spine, with spotting to the edges
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio39
- Title
- Nursery Rhymes.
- Author
- Sackville West, V[ita]
- Book Condition
- Used - See item description
- Jacket Condition
- VG
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Dropmore Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Size
- Royal 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Literature, Rhymes, Poetry, Vita Sackville West
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Pioneering Women; Christmas gift ideas;
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About the Seller
Paul Haynes Rare Books
Biblio member since 2016
Hay on Wye, Herefordshire
About Paul Haynes Rare Books
Paul Haynes has been an antiquarian bookseller since 1978. Based in Hay on Wye, he travels worldwide to buy and sell rare and old books. A member of the ABA, ILAB and PBFA. Paul Haynes Rare Books offers both antiquarian and scarce books in all subjects, with something of a bias towards the owner's passion for Travel and Exploration.
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