Vain Fortune
by Moore, George
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
London [1891]: Henry And Co., 1891. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Eleven Illustrations By Maurice Greiffenhagen. 296 Pp + Henry & Co. 7 Pp Catalog At Rear, #114 Of A First Printing Of A Limited Edition Of 150 Large Paper Copies, But Second Issue [First Edition Sheets Turned Over To Another Publisher], Not Signed By Moore, With Stamp Of Walter Scott, Limited, On Limitation Page And Signed By Mason Scott, Director. [The First Issue Signed By Moore, Published By Henry & Co. Is Quite Rare, Only One Copy Recorded By Worldcat, In The British Library, Inscribed To T J Wise, And Is Generally Almost Unobtainable]. Red Cloth, Top Edge Gilt, Floral Pattern Endpapers. Some Wear And Fading, Points Of Fraying At Corners, 2" Neat Split Along Top Front Spine Edge, Without Loss. Small Printed Description Of Book Tipped Onto Bottom Of Half Title [Probably By Publisher Scott Or Whoever Bought Out Their Stock, As This Also Shows In Some Other Copies]. Spine Gilt Strong.
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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027443
- Title
- Vain Fortune
- Author
- Moore, George
- Illustrator
- Eleven Illustrations By Maurice Greiffenhagen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Henry And Co.
- Place of Publication
- London [1891]
- Date Published
- 1891
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature: Nineteenth Century;
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Arroyo Seco Books
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