LAST WORDS
by Crane, Stephen
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: Digby, Long & Co., 1902.. viii,320pp, plus 16pp. terminal catalogue. Thick octavo. Maroon cloth, stamped in gilt and blind, beveled edges. Cloth faintly soiled, textblock uniformly tanned at edges, front inner hinge cracking slightly, spine ends slightly shelfworn, otherwise a very good copy of a scarce book. First edition, first binding. There was no comparable US edition, and a number of the constituent stories were not reprinted until the Collected Edition of 1925-6, and a few others were not reprinted even then. Crane's scarcest trade collection. WILLIAMS & STARRETT 33. BAL 4096.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- WRCLIT84770
- Title
- LAST WORDS
- Author
- Crane, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Digby, Long & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902.
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About the Seller
William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
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New Haven, Connecticut
About William Reese Company - Literature ABAA-ILAB
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization.
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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- Beveled
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