Sara
by BRETONNE Restif de la
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: John Rodker, 1927 The story 'Sara' taken from 'M Nicholas, or the human heart unveiled' translated by RCM. Salmon quarter cloth, gray papered boards with gilt wreath to upper board, bottom corners bumped and cracked, green printed DW with a diamond hole cut out on spine. The cloth below the hole is faded and has a faint pencil diamond mark to it. DW has some minor surface rubbing and a small splash of white paint on the rear panel. Offsetting brown to end papers, top edge dusted blue, front endpaper [Jill] in ink. xiv 270pp on rag paper with browning to all edges, minor areas of foxing. Top corner of rear half of book water marked. Numbered limited edition #341 of 1000c on Auvergne hand made rag paper for subscribers. tipped in errata commenting on the paper quality. Frontis engraving. Tidy but aged copy.. First Edition thus. Quarter cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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- Bookseller
- Fortuna Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000298
- Title
- Sara
- Author
- BRETONNE Restif de la
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition thus
- Publisher
- John Rodker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- translation english first rag paper limited edition subscribers french literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- ANTIQUARIAN & DELUXE EDITIONS;
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- Cracked
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