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Teresa or Her Demon Lover
by Gray, Austin K
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribners, 1945. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. New York: Scribners, 1945. First Edition, First Printing. Very Good+/Good. First Edition, First Printing, SIGNED by author, in original unclipped jacket. "A" indicating first printing appears on copyright page. Clean red cloth boards with gold lettering on cover and spine. Fading to top spine edge and small line of fading just below center of spine. No fraying. Binding is tight & square, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by author on front free endpaper: "To Frank R. Stone with kind regards from Austin K. Gray - Nov. 9, 1945." Illustrated with black and white plates. 385 pages with index. Colorfully illustrated jacket is not price clipped (3.50 on front inside flap), has up to 1/2" chipping at top spine edge, narrow ragged chip at spine center, edge wear. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. The biography of Te3resa Guiccioli, the last of Lord Byron's "ladies." Their love affair lasted over four years, four times as long as any of Byron's other alliances -- and was terminated only by his sailing for Greece to meet his death at Missolonghi..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 022847
- Title
- Teresa or Her Demon Lover
- Author
- Gray, Austin K
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Publisher
- Scribners
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- AUSTIN K. GRAY, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, TERESA GUICCIOLI, LORD BYRON, ROMANCE, FIRST EDITION
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- SIGNED Editions;
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Stanley, New York
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- Chipping
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- Spine
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
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