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Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
by DREISER, Theodore
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York; London: John Lane Company; John Lane, the Bodley Head, 1916. First edition, second issue (with Dreiser's four page commentary to rear), review copy. Large 8vo, pp. 228, 4, [4] + title page vignette of an imp's head. Beige cloth spine with title label lettered in sage green, sage green paper boards, black lettering to upper board. Matching sage green endpapers. Fore- and bottom edges untrimmed. Pushing to spine ends, rubbed at extremities, small loss of paper to lower board. "Review copy/ with John Lanes/ compliments" stamped in blind to title page, previous booksellers' notes in pencil to front endpaper and verso of final page. Else, clean and tight. A pleasing copy. Very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2125
- Title
- Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural
- Author
- DREISER, Theodore
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Lane Company; John Lane, the Bodley Head
- Place of Publication
- New York; London
- Date Published
- 1916
Terms of Sale
Quair Books
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Cloth
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