An Apology for Idlers
by Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Greeb cloth. Fine
- Seller
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HACKETTSTOWN, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Glen Head, [N.Y.]: The Ashlar Press, 1932. One of 200 copies printed by August & Maurice Heckscher. 26, [2]pp. 12mo. Greeb cloth. Fine. One of 200 copies printed by August & Maurice Heckscher. 26, [2]pp. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Mill Bookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 338587
- Title
- An Apology for Idlers
- Author
- Stevenson, Robert Louis
- Format/Binding
- 26, [2]pp. 12mo
- Book Condition
- Used - Greeb cloth. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One of 200 copies printed by August & Maurice Heckscher
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Ashlar Press
- Place of Publication
- Glen Head, [N.Y.]
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- British | Robert Loius Stevenson
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- 12mo
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