Through Hell with Hiprah Hunt. A Series of Pictures and Notes of Travel Illustrating the Adventures of Modern Dante in the Infernal Regions. Also Other Pictures of the Same Subterranean World
by Young, Arthur
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Zimmerman's / Press of C. J. O'Brien, 1901. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Small quarto. Unpaginated. Hardcover bound in black cloth with cover designs and lettering in red. The binding is rather worn and soiled. There is a tear in the cloth at the top of the front hinge near the headcap of the spine. Glass ring on the front cover. Some white spotting (rubbing) on the rear cover. TEXT IS MUSTY. There is heavy foxing and some smudging to the endpapers. Early owner's name on the front flyleaf. The text is toned and has occasional finger smudging, stains, etc. A few pages show some damping. A reading or reference copy only.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044250
- Title
- Through Hell with Hiprah Hunt. A Series of Pictures and Notes of Travel Illustrating the Adventures of Modern Dante in the Infernal Regions. Also Other Pictures of the Same Subterranean World
- Author
- Young, Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Zimmerman's / Press of C. J. O'Brien
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1901
- Size
- 4to - over 9� - 12" tall
- Weight
- 1.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1901; Arthur Young; Hiprah Hunt; Hell: Dante; Illustrated; Fantasy; Horror.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fantasy; Art;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Soiled
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- Hinge
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- Quarto
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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