Portraits
by MacCarthy, Desmond
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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Rapid River, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: MacGibbon & Kee, Ltd., 1949. First Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd. November, 1931; Reprinted 1949. Fine coated brown cloth boards, gilt spine titles, slightest wear. Pages fine, no writing. Scarce dj moderate wear; clipped, protected in new clear sleeve. Very attractive. Bind fine; hinges intact. Living portrayals of Writers, Statesmen and Strange People the Author Has Known including: Asquith, Arthur Balfour, Oscar Browning, Bunyan, Richard Burton, Conrad, Disraeli, Anatole France, Goethe, Horace, Henry James, Cecil Rhodes, Walter Raleigh, Voltaire, Ruskin, Strindberg, Tetrazzini, Father Ignatius, et al. Amazing and intriguing insights beyond the veil. 293 pages. Printed in Great Britain by Jarrold and Sons Limited, Norwich.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.
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- Bookseller
- BiblioStax (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007245
- Title
- Portraits
- Author
- MacCarthy, Desmond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- MacGibbon & Kee, Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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Rapid River, Michigan
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- New
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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