One Day
by [Hours Press]. DOUGLAS, Norman
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Chapelle-Réanville: The Hours Press, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Chapelle-Réanville, The Hours Press, 1929. Large octavo, [iv], 57 pages plus 2 plates (from photographs). Full red roan lettered in gilt on the spine and front panel; all edges uncut; leather a little sunned, marked and worn (as usual with this binding material); front cover slightly bowed; a few trifling spots internally; a very good copy. Number 44 of only 200 copies of the deluxe issue on vélin de Rives paper, signed by the author (a standard issue of 300 unsigned copies was also produced). The fifth book of The Hours Press.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 124461
- Title
- One Day
- Author
- [Hours Press]. DOUGLAS, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Hours Press
- Place of Publication
- Chapelle-Réanville
- Date Published
- 1929
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
Biblio member since 2006
Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Spine
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- Edges
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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