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The Rescue: A Melodrama for Broadcasting based on Homer's Odyssey
by Sackville-West, Edward; Henry Moore illus., Benjamin Britten composer
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About This Item
London: Secker and Warburg, 1945. Hardcover in dj. 8vo (9" x 6"), gilt blue cloth. 96 pp., color illus. throughout. CONDITION: Very good, spine sunned, extremities faded, light offsetting to pastedowns; Fair dj, chips with loss at corners and spine, tears at edges, worn wrappers. Copy 849 of an edition of 850 copies, "this is the first occasion on which the designs of Mr. Henry Moore have appeared as direct illustrations to a text.
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- James Arsenault & Company
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- 8538
- Title
- The Rescue: A Melodrama for Broadcasting based on Homer's Odyssey
- Author
- Sackville-West, Edward; Henry Moore illus., Benjamin Britten composer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Secker and Warburg, 1945
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James Arsenault & Company
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Arrowsic, Maine
About James Arsenault & Company
James Arsenault & Company was established in 1988. Our stock consists of Americana, literature, fine press, early photography, plate books, trade catalogs, autographs & manuscripts, ephemera, maps, and historical prints, as well as fine and rare books and pamphlets in a variety of fields. We are members in good standing of the ABAA and ILAB, and have exhibited for many years at numerous rare book fairs in both the northeast and in California. We do not have an open shop, but welcome your inquiries regarding items in our stock possibly of interest to you.
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- Edges
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- Fair
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- Sunned
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- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- 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
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