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The Importance of Being Oscar. Lily and Hodge and Dr. Johnson.
by Skargon, Yvonne, illustrator
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
[ London: ] The Primrose Academy, 1998 One of 225 copies designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Press for the Primrose Academy. Signed on the colophon by the illustrator.. Quarter charcoal cloth over boards printed in blue with a cat pattern. Gilt spine title ("Oscar, Lily and Hodge"). . Small quarto. . Fifty or so engravings (mostly of cats). Printed on Zerkall mold-made paper with text in black, light brown, and light blue. A fine copy in the cream-colored paper slipcase. A deluxe combined edition of two books illustrated by Yvonne Skargon. The Appearance of Being Oscar, a collection of quotes by Oscar Wilde, first appeared in 1988; Lily and Hodge and Dr. Johnson first appeared in 1991.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17072
- Title
- The Importance of Being Oscar. Lily and Hodge and Dr. Johnson.
- Author
- Skargon, Yvonne, illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Quarter charcoal cloth over boards printed in blue with a cat pattern. Gilt spine title ("Oscar, Lily and Hodge").
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- One of 225 copies designed and printed at the Rampant Lions Pres
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Primrose Academy,
- Place of Publication
- [ London: ]
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- Unpaginated
- Size
- Small quarto.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Our office is located in Los Angeles on West Third Street, between the Beverly Center and Farmer's Market. Though we gave up an open shop after more than thirty years, we welcome serious customers and dealers. We are normally open from 10 to 6 Monday through Saturday. Since some of our less expensive books are located in a temperature-controlled storage area offsite, you may want to call ahead of time to insure that the book you want to see will be available. We feature a stock strong in literature, history, Western philosophy, women's studies, education, history of science and fine printing and artists' books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. We have books from the 15th to the 20th century in all prices ranges. We do appraisals for income tax and insurance purposes. We purchase individual books and libraries. Proprietor: Carol Sandberg
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- Quarto
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- 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...
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