White Birches and The Fire Tree - Signed / Inscribed by Marie Philomene to Christopher Fry
by Marie Philomene
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
English Language poetry collection. 1st Edition/1st Printing. Includes illustrated photographic plate of Crown Princess Michiko with her daughter, and further plate of the author's mother. Warmly inscribed to the half-title page by the author for Christopher Fry, (Poet and playwright 1907-2005), bearing her Shirayuri Women's College address and dated August 1979. Very Good, clean, tight condition, in Very Good original dustwrapper which is not price-clipped.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Itchen Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 691
- Title
- White Birches and The Fire Tree - Signed / Inscribed by Marie Philomene to Christopher Fry
- Author
- Marie Philomene
- Format/Binding
- Original white boards, blindstamped and lettered in gilt. In unclipped dustwrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition / 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- THe Hokuseido Press
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 141
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Poet ; Poem ; Poems ; Poetry ; Japan ; Japanese
Terms of Sale
Itchen Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged. Refund issued on receipt of returned item.
About the Seller
Itchen Books
Biblio member since 2019
Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
About Itchen Books
20th Century first editions with some older items. Specialist areas of interest include Russian literature, Irish literature.
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- Tight
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- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...