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London: William Jackson (Books) Ltd, 1932. Hardcover. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. Illustrated by Clare Leighton. This is a signed limited edition. This is # 306 of 550 copies. spine and covers a bit sunfaded. This is No. 11 of the Furnival Books. Foreword by Geoffrey West. 67 pages.; 6 3/8 x 10 "; Signed by Author.
Christmas Formula and Other Stories by Benson, Stella - 1932
by Benson, Stella
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Christmas Formula and Other Stories
by Benson, Stella
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Chiswick Press - William Jackson, 1932. Brown boards with gold gilt printing. Top edge gold gilt. Frontpiece by Clare Leghton and foreword by Geoffrey West. Being No. 11 of the Furnival Books. SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION OF 500 copies which are for sale, this copy being number 245. 67 beautiful, unmarked pages. Book is tight.. Signed by Author. Limited. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Publisher Chiswick Press - William Jackson
- Date Published 1932
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Christmas Formula and Other Stories
by Benson, Stella
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Washburn, Wisconsin, United States
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Christmas Formula and Other Stories
by Stella Benson
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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London: Joiner & Steele, Ltd., 1932. Hardcover. Very Good+. Clare Leighton. Signed by author and numbered [26/550] on the limitation page. Tan cloth boards with gilt lettering. Top edge gilt. Pages unopened. Frontispiece by Clare Leighton. Eleven page foreword by Geoffrey West. Original acetate jacket. 67, [1] pp. 10 x 6.25 inches. No. 11 of the Furnival Books. Contains a tipped in slip prefacing the title page which states that "The Furnival Books are now published by Joiner & Steele [...] the name 'William Jackson (Books) Ltd' has been retained on the title-page in order that the set of twelve books may be typographically uniform." Printed in London by Charles Whittingham and Griggs at the Chiswick Press. Stella Benson (1892-1933) was an English feminist, novelist, poet, and travel writer. She died the year after Christmas Formula was published, of pneumonia while in Tonkin, the northern Vietnamese region of French Indochina.
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Christmas Formula and Other Stories: Being No. 11 of the Furnival Books
by Benson, Stella
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Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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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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Christmas Formula & Other Stories
by Benson, Stella
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Mission, Canada
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Benson, Stella. Christmas Formula and Other Stories. Limited Edition, Numbered and Signed by Author. Limited to 550 copies, 500 of which were for sale. This copy is numbered 126/500. Joiner & Steele Ltd. London. 10 X 6.5 (25 X 16.5). [3]; limitation page; half-title; author's note; illustrated frontice; title page; pp.7-67; printer's page; [2]. Very good condition. Some age toning/foxing to endpaper, does not effect any text. Minor shelf wear to tail of spine. Book II of Furnival Books. A collection of short stories from Stella Benson (1892-1933) an English novelist, travel writer, poet and feminist. Benson won the Benson Medal in 1931 in recognition of her lifelong contributions to literature.
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Christmas formula and other stories.
by Benson, Stella
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PASADENA, California, United States
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1932. Book. Fine. Signed by Author(s). FIRST. First edition limited to 550 copies signed by the author; 8vo, pp. [2], 67, [1]; frontispiece by Clare Leighton; with laid in card signed by Clare Leighton..
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Christmas Formula And Other Stories
by Benson, Stella (Author) / West, Geoffrey (Foreword)
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Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, United States
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London, England: William Jackson (Books) Ltd.. Very Good with no Dust Jacket. 1932. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 67 pages: 6.25 x 10 in.: 1.2: Signed by Author: KB#010438: Boards now protected by a new Brodart Archival Mylar Cover. No Dustjacket. Limited Numbered Edition, first printing, book is number eleven of the Furnival Books. Copy is #330 of 550 and SIGNED BY AUTHOR (Stella Benson). Has bookplate of Ulbert Partons Sachs on inside front cover. Illustrated frontispiece of woodcut by Clare Leighton. Boards are brown buckram with title and author in gilt on spine and front. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered (except for light rubbing of bottom board corners). Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. : B&W Illustrations .
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Christmas Formula And Other Stories
by Stella Benson
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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London: Joiner and Steele, William Jackson, 1932. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine. 10" by 6.5". None. An limited edition signed first edition of this collection of short stories by Stella Benson. With a frontispiece. This is number 11 of the Furnival Book Series. There is a note tipped in stating the 'The Furnival Books are now Published By Jointer and Steele Ltd. The Name William Jackson... Has Been Retained on the Title page In Order that the Set of Twelve Books May Be Typographically Uniform.' First edition, first impression. Signed limited edition, number 221 of 550 copies printed at the Chiswick Press. Signed by the author below limitation statement. Stella Benson was an English feminist, novelist, poet and travel writer. In publisher's full cloth binding. With gilt stamping to the front board and spine. Externally, very smart. Light bumping to the extremities in addition to the head and tail of spine. Bookseller's label to the rear pastedown, Coates and Bairstow. Internally,…
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