The Venetian Glass Nephew
by Wylie, Elinor
- Used
- Condition
- very good: age wear to boards, spine sunned, bookplate front paste down, some foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ
- Seller
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Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
George H Doran, 1925. hardcover. very good: age wear to boards, spine sunned, bookplate front paste down, some foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 182pp. first edition presumed second printing ("B" on copyright page) An eighteenth-century Venetian glass blower makes a young man and animates him by magic. Virginio marries Rosalba, a charming young poetess, but marriage turns into a horror, for Virginio is in perpetual terror lest Rosalba be too rough with him and break him. Rosalba, who is as self-sacrificing as she is loving, is magically transformed into porcelain. The two lovers are now happy, both equally fragile.. #01040.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Matthew's Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 960
- Title
- The Venetian Glass Nephew
- Author
- Wylie, Elinor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good: age wear to boards, spine sunned, bookplate front paste down, some foxing to endpapers, text clean, binding tight.
- Jacket Condition
- no DJ
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George H Doran
- Date Published
- 1925
- Keywords
- fantasy, romance, fiction
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About the Seller
Matthew's Books LLC
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Chattanooga, Tennessee
About Matthew's Books LLC
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