TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY
by STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Charming book
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1957. Hardcover. Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Charming book. Roger Duvoisin. Octavo (6-1/2" x 10") bound in aqua basket-weave linen with a paper label on the front cover and spine; 180 pages. Designed by Saul and Lillian Marks. Illustrated with lithographs drawn on sheets of acetate by Roger Duvoisin and hand-colored through stencils in the Walter Fischer Studio. Copy #1087 of 1500 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014944
- Title
- TRAVELS WITH A DONKEY
- Author
- STEVENSON, Robert Louis
- Illustrator
- Roger Duvoisin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Charming book
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1957
- Keywords
- Signed, Handcolored, Travel, France, 19th Century British Literature, Robert L. Stevenson, Color Plate Books, Fine Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Hand-Colored Plates;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
All books subject to prior sale. Payment with order; institutions may be billed. Postage additional: $11.00 for the first book, $6.00 each thereafter. Overseas postage billed at approximate cost. Pennsylvania residents must add 6% sales tax. Mastercard, Visa, and American Express accepted. We are also open to reasonable payment terms. A book may be returned within 7 days of receipt for any reason provided it is in the same condition as sent and prior notice is given. Please insure returns for their full value.
About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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