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Penguin Island
by France, Anatole; Evans, A W (trans)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Johannesburg, South Africa
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About This Item
John Lane, The Bodley Head, London / John Lane Company, New York, 1909. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 345 pages (complete). Signed on the front pastedown by S C Cronwright-Schreiner, the husband of Olive Schreiner (dated: De Aar 29.12.10). A comfortable copy. The boards have scuffing, shelving wear. Gilt tilting and decoration (worn). The spine is sunned and marked. The boards are steady and sure. The frontispage has a previous owner gift inscription. The front and end papers have shallow age marks. The paper edges are roughly cut. The pages are clean, clear, thick, healthy, sound, confident, most agreeable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chapter 1 Books
(ZA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 69rf
- Title
- Penguin Island
- Author
- France, Anatole; Evans, A W (trans)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Lane, The Bodley Head, London / John Lane Company, New York
- Date Published
- 1909
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Chapter 1 Books
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Johannesburg
About Chapter 1 Books
Chapter 1 trades out of three premises that are all in the Johannesburg area. Our emphasis is on providing quality books at highly competitive prices. A large (and continuously growing) selection of our books are listed on various websites on the internet. We specialise in Modern First Editions, Rhodesiana, Africana and other rare and out of print books.
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Sunned
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- New
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- First Edition
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