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I Discover the English
by [Larry McMurtry Collection] Odette Keun
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Minor shelfwear; slight offsetting to endleaves; pencil ownership inscription and bookplate to front free endpaper; jacket a bit
- Seller
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Addison, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Minor shelfwear; slight offsetting to endleaves; pencil ownership inscription and bookplate to front free endpaper; jacket a bit foxed, creased, and chipped. Very good. LMM-355. Odette Keun. Colin Gill, illustrator. I Discover the English. London: John Lane the Bodley Head, 1934. First edition.
Octavo. 240pp + 4pp ads. Illustrated, with drawings by Colin Gill. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in green to spine and front cover, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of 6s net. Contemporary London/Paris travel bookmark laid-in
Octavo. 240pp + 4pp ads. Illustrated, with drawings by Colin Gill. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in green to spine and front cover, original unclipped dust jacket listing a retail price of 6s net. Contemporary London/Paris travel bookmark laid-in
From the collection of Larry McMurtry, at his home in Archer City, Texas. His book, with personal brand-mark bookplate to each volume.
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Details
- Bookseller
- InkQ Rare Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 355
- Title
- I Discover the English
- Author
- [Larry McMurtry Collection] Odette Keun
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor shelfwear; slight offsetting to endleaves; pencil ownership inscription and bookplate to front free endpaper; jacket a bit
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Keywords
- Women Travelers
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About the Seller
InkQ Rare Books LLC
Biblio member since 2024
Addison, Texas
About InkQ Rare Books LLC
Welcome to InkQ Rare Books! Home to the collections of Larry McMurtry; Screenwriter and Author William Goldman; The Ronald K. Siegel Collection of Books on Psychoactive Drugs, as well as books on hunting and fishing, modern first editions, children's and illustrated books, travels & voyages, history, Texana, ephemera, and more.
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- Spine
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- Foxed
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