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Islandia
by WRIGHT, Austin Tappan (author) and Leonard Bacon (intro.)
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- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1942. First Edition. First Printing, (publisher's colophon on copyright page). Octavo (19.5cm); tan buckram boards decoratively titled in black and gilt on the front cover and spine; map endpapers; green topstain; dustjacket; 1013 pp. Spine ends gently nudged; mild toning to the upper board edges and joints; small spot of finger soil to the half title and right edge of textblock; Near Fine. The dustjacket is unclipped (priced $3.00) with nicks and short tears to the extremities; chip to the crown; mild soil to the rear panel and flap edges; Very Good+.
Author's first and only book, published posthumously. "Islandia, a place easily described as a Utopia...[is] an enormous book, ostensibly describing the travels of a visitor to the island and in fact providing an extremely elaborate picture of an invented alternative society and it's richly drawn inhabitants." CLUTE and NICHOLLS, p.1349; SARGENT, p.111; NEGLEY 1215; CURREY, P.557.
Author's first and only book, published posthumously. "Islandia, a place easily described as a Utopia...[is] an enormous book, ostensibly describing the travels of a visitor to the island and in fact providing an extremely elaborate picture of an invented alternative society and it's richly drawn inhabitants." CLUTE and NICHOLLS, p.1349; SARGENT, p.111; NEGLEY 1215; CURREY, P.557.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53478
- Title
- Islandia
- Author
- WRIGHT, Austin Tappan (author) and Leonard Bacon (intro.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Farrar & Rinehart
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction; Utopian Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
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- Colophon
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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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