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Parnassus on Wheels (First Modern Library Edition, ML #190.1)
by MORLEY, Christopher
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Littleton, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Modern Library. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1931. First Trade Edition. Flexible cloth. A stated First Modern Library edition, 1931 (confirmed) of Christopher Morley's cherished 1917 novel, featuring his Professor Roger Mifflin and Helen McGill characters. The professor has a mobile bookshop in a van, pulled by his horse, Pegasus. --- In Toledano spine 6 / green balloon cloth-covered limp boards / gilt titling on spine / gilt torchbearer device to front cover / dark topstain / orange Kent endpapers. Lacks the dust jacket. ML #190.1. --- With sunning to spine, inked & penciled notations to corner of front free endpaper, light foxing to textblock edges and mild age-toning to leaves, else a tightly-bound, unmarked copy.; 16mo - 6 to 7 in. tall; (4), 190, (4, ads) pages .
Synopsis
Although my name appears on the title page, the real author of this book is Miss Helen McGill (now Mrs. Roger Mifflin), who told me the story with her own inimitable vivacity. And on her behalf I want to send to you these few words of acknowledgment.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87368
- Title
- Parnassus on Wheels (First Modern Library Edition, ML #190.1)
- Author
- MORLEY, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Flexible cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Trade Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Modern Library
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bluebird Books
Biblio member since 2005
Littleton, Colorado
About Bluebird Books
Bluebird Books is the bookselling business of Eric Mayer, operating from my base in Littleton, Colorado. I specialize in classic fiction and literature, books on birds and natural history, railroadiana, biography, history and many other genres. Bluebird Books features publications by the Modern Library and Everyman's Library. I offer free shipping on books shipped within the US via USPS Media Mail. INTERNATIONAL ORDERS: I recommend that you use Biblio.com for your international orders because they have formed a partnership with Asendia to allow for much more affordable shipping on parcels weighing under 5 lb. (about 2.26 kg).
Glossary
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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....
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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