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The Siamese Cat. Story and Cuts by Leon Underwood
by UNDERWOOD, Leon; Phillips Russell, introd
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1928. First Edition. First printing (2,500 copies). Salmon cloth, titled in black on spine with rules and cover decoration stamped in black and red; dustjacket; 270pp; illus. Tight and straight, with a bit of soiling to text block edges; Very Good+. In the original pictorial dustwrapper, slightly rubbed and soiled with shallow loss at crown of spine panel, costing a portion of printed title; just VG.
Underwood's second published book, a loosely-structured novel incorporating passages of commentary and poetry. Decorated throughout with Underwood's own highly characteristic wood engravings. A rather elaborate work, beautifully illustrated and somewhat uncommon in dustwrapper.
Underwood's second published book, a loosely-structured novel incorporating passages of commentary and poetry. Decorated throughout with Underwood's own highly characteristic wood engravings. A rather elaborate work, beautifully illustrated and somewhat uncommon in dustwrapper.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62209
- Title
- The Siamese Cat. Story and Cuts by Leon Underwood
- Author
- UNDERWOOD, Leon; Phillips Russell, introd
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1928
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Great Britain; Illustrators;
Terms of Sale
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
Lorne Bair Rare Books specializes in books, mansuscripts, and printed ephemera relating to American Social History, with an emphasis on radical and utopian movements of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. We are available in our showroom by appointment, at shows, and on-line through various booksellers' sites or at our website www.lornebair.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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