THE SPECIALIST
by Sale, Charles and William Kermode (Illust.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London, England: Putnam & Co., Ltd, 1945. Twenty-Sixth Impression. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. William Kermode. Slender duodecimo, 7" x 4 1/2." White cloth boards. Original illustrated paper dust jacket, good, chip to front top left corner affecting top of "TH" and 2 closed tears to top of rear board. 2 tiny closed tears to bottom edges. Small chips to top and bottom of spine. Interior pages very clean, blockprints throughout by William Kermode. Charming, beautifully illustrated volume which memorializes a simple, but insightful carpenter, the pseudonymously named Lem Putt, the "specialist" of the title. The Listener describes the work as "A narrative ballad in which sensitiveness of mind is combined with a tough delight in adventure" (rear flap).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 85921
- Title
- THE SPECIALIST
- Author
- Sale, Charles and William Kermode (Illust.)
- Illustrator
- William Kermode
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Twenty-Sixth Impression
- Publisher
- Putnam & Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- Outhouses, "Sanitary Engineer"
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Eugene, Oregon
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