A Night Among the Horses
by Barnes, Djuna
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Horace Liveright, 1929. Hardcover. viii, 259p., first revised edition of "A Book" wear to the corner edges and very light dust soiling to top edge otherwise a very good first edition in black quarter-cloth over orange boards, gilt titles on spine still quite bright and readable, clear mylar jacket added. Messerli 5. A revised edition of Barnes' second book and first full-length publication by a major publishing house, "A Book" published in 1923 includes plays, short stories and poems and adds three more stories but does not include the illustrations from the original. Grier A* B* C**.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 216408
- Title
- A Night Among the Horses
- Author
- Barnes, Djuna
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Horace Liveright
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern first edition; Poetry; 1920S; Play plays drama;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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