Father to Daughter The Family Letters of Maxwell Perkins
by PERKINS, Maxwell E. FROTHINGHAM, Bertha Perkins; Louise Perkins King; Ruth King Porter (editors)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0836204875
- ISBN 13
- 9780836204872
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About This Item
Publisher's beige cloth with spine lettering gilt and a gilt front panel vignette of Perkins writing at his desk, octavo, pp. xxxii, 213. Black and white illustrations and many additional vignettes from Perkins's letters.
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- Bookseller
- T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3824
- Title
- Father to Daughter The Family Letters of Maxwell Perkins
- Author
- PERKINS, Maxwell E. FROTHINGHAM, Bertha Perkins; Louise Perkins King; Ruth King Porter (editors)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0836204875
- ISBN 13
- 9780836204872
- Publisher
- Kansas City, [MO]: Andrews and McMeel, [1995]
- Place of Publication
- Kansas City
- This edition first published
- 1995
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography/Reference;
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About T. BRENNAN BOOKSELLER, ABAA
Thomas Brennan was established professionally as a Bookseller in 1998 and still exhibits annually at several antiquarian book fairs. He has 25 years full-time experience in the Book Trade and is a member in good standing of The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB); The Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA); The Ephemera Society of America; and The Manuscript Society.
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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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...