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The Arabian Bird
by FITZ GIBBON Constantine
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Darfield , Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Cassell, 1949 Red cloth VG except a little faded along the top edge of the boards and the very top of the spine where the DW is slightly chipped. no inscriptions etc. tightly bound.227pp the leaves of pp 25-32 have a small piece at top edge where nicked due to sheets not being trimmed correctly during binding, a minor fault confined to the margin only. DWcomplete and unclipped, brightly coloured and unsoiled. Slight chipping to edges and a few short 5-10mm tears to edges . DW spine ends chipped with approx 5mm loss at the most.Rear DW fold in has a 20mm tear in from the corner on the blank inside fold. under mylar this DW would almost pass as fine. A very tidy copy of FitzGibbon's scarce first work.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012433
- Title
- The Arabian Bird
- Author
- FITZ GIBBON Constantine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Keywords
- first work irish literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- FICTION LITERATURE & CRITICISM;
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