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THE FABLES OF MORONIA
by Holdridge, Herbert C
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very good/Good
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Sherman Oaks: Holdridge Foundation for the Advancement of Social Sciences, (c. 1953). hardcover. Very good/Good. Epler, Virginia and Venetia. Illustrated by Daphne and Venetia Epler. Signed by the author on a bookplate attached to the front paste-down endpaper. Octavo, bright blue cloth covers with gilt titles. x [2] 173 pages. Includes appendix. Flyer for this book laid in. Dust jacket has been "reinforced"at some edges with cellophane tape in the past--which has now browned. Top cover corner lightly bumped, spine a bitt dulled, else very good. 042407B
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020011
- Title
- THE FABLES OF MORONIA
- Author
- Holdridge, Herbert C
- Illustrator
- Epler, Virginia and Venetia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Holdridge Foundation for the Advancement of Social Sciences
- Place of Publication
- Sherman Oaks
- Date Published
- (c. 1953)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- Octavo
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- Spine
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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