Down-Adown-Derry, A Book of Fairy Poems
by De La Mare, Walter
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: Constable & Co. ltd, 1922. Book. Illus. by Dorothy Lathrop. Very Good +. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Print. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) of the limited edition. Limited to 325 copies with three colour plates, including frontispiece, numerous letterpress illustrations, many full-page, top edges gilt, remainder rough-trimmed, original gilt decorated vellum (some aging, spotting) , spine ends very slightly rubbed, small knock to one corner, internally bright pages, unread in a tight binding, slight offsetting to endpages. Very good plus to near fine. Signed by Walter e La Mare to the limitation page [56].
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- Bookseller
- Kelleher Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006350
- Title
- Down-Adown-Derry, A Book of Fairy Poems
- Author
- De La Mare, Walter
- Illustrator
- Dorothy Lathrop
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Constable & Co. ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- DOWN-ADOWN-DERRY, A BOOK OF FAIRY POEMS S,DE LA MARE, WALTER,SIGNED, LIMITED EDITION
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- Tight
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- Spine
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- Remainder
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- First Edition
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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