Peronnik the Fool
by George Moore & Stephen Gooden (illust)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Signed by author & illustrator; limited edition, no. 173/525. Very Good HC in Very Good slipcase. Bound in vellum over boards, gilt letters; top edge gilt; untrimmed fore & tail edges; ribbon marker bound in. Clean covers & spine; slight semi-circle darkening/soiling on covers at joints where exposed by slipcase cut away; vellum turn-ins along tail edge appear lightly grazed by silverfish; tightly bound; crisp, clean interior; very slight foxing on end papers. Slipcase is complete in tan, lightly whorled paper with paper label on back, fine rules enclosing 'Peronnik | The Fool | [decoration] | George | Moore | No. 143'. Note that the slipcase number (143) differs from volume number (173). Slipcase is Very Good with light scuffing; slight age darkening along edges. Illustrated with engravings. 8vo, 77 pp.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Madden Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13775
- Title
- Peronnik the Fool
- Author
- George Moore & Stephen Gooden (illust)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: George G. Harrap & Co.
- Date Published
- 1933
- Keywords
- GOODEN, VELLUM, CAMBRIDGE, UNIVERSITY, FINE PRESS, PRINTING, HAND, ENGRAVINGS, BINDINGS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Craft;
Terms of Sale
Madden Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Madden Books
Biblio member since 2011
Brattleboro, Vermont
About Madden Books
I am a book collector and seller with many years experience. My particular areas of interest are politics, history, law, economics, labor and sociology. I also collect and sell Vermont and New England books, pamphlets, ephemera and magazines. I have a large selection of mysteries and detective books. I have general stock of literature, sciences, arts, world and regional politics & history.
Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...