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Christmas Formula and Other Stories: Being No. 11 of the Furnival Books
by Benson, Stella
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: William Jackson (Books), Ltd.. Near Fine. 1932. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Brown cloth cover with gilt lettering on spine and top cover. Cover has very light rubbin on lower edges at corners. Corners are sharp. Binding sound. Top edge gilt and lightly tarnished. This is copy no 97 of 550 copies, of which 500 were for sale. Signed by author on limitation page. Pages remain unopened at fore edge folds. Woodcut frontis by Clare Leighton. Publisher correction slip tipped in (Joiner and Steele Ltd publised the later numbered Furnival Books with the William Jackson imprint). There are light pencilled bookseller marks on the front endpapers, otherwise book is unmarked. Issued without DJ. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 67 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16297
- Title
- Christmas Formula and Other Stories: Being No. 11 of the Furnival Books
- Author
- Benson, Stella
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- William Jackson (Books), Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1932
- Keywords
- Chiswick Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- First Editions, Signed, & Collectible; Short Stories;
Terms of Sale
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
All books are warranted to be as described and genuine (unless stated otherwise in the description). Payment by check, US postal money order or cashier's check in USD will be accepted and should be made out to James F. Balsley. Checks may be held until cleared by the bank unless you are known to me. Checks must be drawn on a US bank. Credit cards are accepted through Biblio.com. Books may be returned for any reason within 10 days of receipt for a full refund of the purchase price provided the book is returned in the same condition in which it was shipped. If the return is because the description is inaccurate or other error on my part, I will also refund the postage both ways.
About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Fine
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- Gilt
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