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Quality Street a Comedy in Four Acts
by Barrie J. M. [ with Letter from Barrie ]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1901. With a 2 page hand written letter, signed by Barrie. Book measures 11 x 8 3/4 inches. Collation, vii,[2],197,[1],pp, 22 tipped in coloured plates. Bound by Bayntun, in half calf, calf corners, cloth boards, raised bands, gilt tooling within compartments, top gilt edge, marble endpapers. Leather lightly rubbed on edges and corners, cloth has a light stain mark. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, pages and plates in very good clean condition. A very nice copy. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Very Good. Illus. by Hugh Thomson . Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 096560
- Title
- Quality Street a Comedy in Four Acts
- Author
- Barrie J. M. [ with Letter from Barrie ]
- Illustrator
- Hugh Thomson
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- J. M. Barrie
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Antiquarian; Children's Literature; Signed/Inscribed By Author;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
Should any book not fulfill its description, please contact us, a full refund will be offered if the book is returned within 14 days of purchase, and in the condition in which it was sent.
About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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