The Blind Bow-Boy [Inscribed]
by VAN VECHTEN, Carl
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- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. Fourth Printing. Octavo (19.5cm); rebound in hunter green cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; [viii],261,[1]pp, with a pictorial frontispiece by Robert E. Locher. Inscribed by the author in green ink on the front endpaper: "Inscribed for Amos T. French Jr by Carl Van Vechten / December 28, 1937 / New York." Modest wear to extremities, faint dampstaining along lower board edges, with some rubbing and dust-soil to upper edge of textblock; Very Good. Satire of New York society, described as "Frothy" (Roger Austen, Playing the Game: The Homosexual Novel in America, p.39). The recipient, Amos Tuck French, Jr. (1901-1975), was the son of American banker and eventually vice president of the Manhattan Trust Company Amos Tuck French (1863-1941). HANNA 3614; YOUNG 2639.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55022
- Title
- The Blind Bow-Boy [Inscribed]
- Author
- VAN VECHTEN, Carl
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1923
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Social Fiction;
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...