Vain Fortune
by Moore, George
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-(soiling and shelfwear to white boards, spine torn and chipped. All pages are still intact and otherwise clear. Brown aging s
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Henry and Co, 1891. 27/150 large paper edition. Hardcover. VG-(soiling and shelfwear to white boards, spine torn and chipped. All pages are still intact and otherwise clear. Brown aging spots to the protective tissue guard sheets. Bookplate of former owner, publisher and journalist, Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, inside front cover.. White boards with gilt lettering; illustrated end papers; bw illustrated frontispiece with protective guard sheet; 296 untrimmed pp, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates; bw illustrations. Many pages uncut. "Only one hundred and fifty copies of this large paper edition have been printed, of which this is No. 27." Includes 11 illustrations by Maurice Greiffenhagen.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 187583
- Title
- Vain Fortune
- Author
- Moore, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-(soiling and shelfwear to white boards, spine torn and chipped. All pages are still intact and otherwise clear. Brown aging s
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 27/150 large paper edition
- Publisher
- Henry and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- European Artists ; Greiffenhagen, Maurice ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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