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News from the Duchy
by QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Spine faded, light toning to board edges, several leaves crudely opened, but a very good copy
- Seller
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Ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd; London: Simpkin, Marshall et al., 1913. From the Bart Auerbach Collection. Spine faded, light toning to board edges, several leaves crudely opened, but a very good copy. 8vo. Original red cloth. First edition. Inscribed by the dedicatee Austin M. Purves, Sr. to his son on the front free endpaper: "To my son Dale Benson Purves on Christmas Day 1914 with love from Austin M. Purves." The printed dedication reads "To My Friend Austin M. Purves of Philadelphia and Troy Town." Austin M. Purves was a financier and patron of the arts.
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- Bookseller
- Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 409586
- Title
- News from the Duchy
- Author
- QUILLER-COUCH, Arthur
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine faded, light toning to board edges, several leaves crudely opened, but a very good copy
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- From the Bart Auerbach Collection
- Publisher
- J. W. Arrowsmith Ltd; London: Simpkin, Marshall et al.
- Place of Publication
- Bristol
- Date Published
- 1913
- Keywords
- Bart Auerbach
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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About the Seller
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Ardsley, New York
About Riverrun Books & Manuscripts
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