Tantivy Towers
by Herbert, A. P
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good+
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1931. Book. Illus. by Alajalov, Illustrator. Near Fine. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1931. Stated First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. Alajalov, Illustrator. "First Edition" stated on copyright page. Clean unfaded red cloth boards with clean unfaded black cloth spne, gold lettering on spine. Hint of very slight surface wear to spine corners, no fraying, no bumping. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Clean illustrated endpapers; no names, writing or marks. 96 pgs. Illustrated by Alajalov. Dustjacket is quite clean (very faint water mark at top rear panel edge, shallow chipping at top spine edge (1/4"), tiny chips at base of spine, a few tiny closed edge tears. Top corner of front inside flap is price clipped. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. A comedic play of true love that steers a hilarious course between art in Bohemia and the fox-hunting set..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018463
- Title
- Tantivy Towers
- Author
- Herbert, A. P
- Illustrator
- Alajalov, Illustrator
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Stated First Edition.
- Publisher
- Doubleday Doran
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1931
- Keywords
- PLAYS THEATER THEATRE FOX-HUNTING A. P. HERBERT
- Bookseller catalogs
- Plays / Theater;
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Chipping
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- New
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- Good+
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