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Youth Typhoon The End of the Tether; With an Introduction by Leo Gurko and Illustrations by Robert Shore
by CONRAD, Joseph
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Robert Shore. 4to. Pp. xv, 251. Introduction by Leo Gurko. Frontis. Title page printed in three colors. Illustrated with nine full-color plates, no margins, and some covering two pages. Bound in half-morocco over a blue cloth with linen effect, with a morocco spine label stamped in gilt. All edges speckled. Book with original glassine protector. Housed in the original slipcase, design matching the cover of the book and featuring a printed paper title label on the spine. Number 934 of an edition limited to 1,500 copies. Signed by the Robert Shore and Ward Ritchie on the colophon. With a bookplate on the front pastedown, otherwise Fine in a Fine slipcase. Designed by Ward Ritchie and printed at his The Ward Ritchie Press. A superb, fresh copy with the bookplate being the only detracting quality. Bookseller inventory.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1456
- Title
- Youth Typhoon The End of the Tether; With an Introduction by Leo Gurko and Illustrations by Robert Shore
- Author
- CONRAD, Joseph
- Illustrator
- Robert Shore
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Limited Editions Club
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1972
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Press;
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About the Seller
Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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- Gilt
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