The Fireside Sphinx (in original dust jacket)
por Agnes Repplier
- Usado
- Perto de Excelente
- Capa dura
- Condição
- Perto de Excelente/very good
- Livreiro
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1939. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. Hardcover in light grey cloth stamped in gilt with an image of a cat, over pink spine lettered in gilt. xi+ 305 pp. with chater heading drawings by Susanne Suba. Generally fine, all gilt bright, cute bookplate on the front pastedown featuring a black cat atop a small stack of books. In the original dust jacket also with black cat design, faded at the spine, price clipped. A treasury of cat-lore gathered from history, legend, art, and observation that was first published in 1901. Features chapters on The Cat of Antiquity, the Dark Ages, Renaissance, the persecution of cats, the act in art, etc.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ) (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- E28195
- Título
- The Fireside Sphinx (in original dust jacket)
- Autor
- Agnes Repplier
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Perto de Excelente
- Condição de sobrecapa
- very good
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Local de publicação
- Boston
- Data de publicação
- 1939
- Palavras-chave
- cats, feline, animals, pets,
- Catálogos de livreiros
- Animals;
Termos da venda
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
TRACKING AND INSURANCE AT OPTION OF BUYER. ON UNINSURED ITEMS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY ENDS WITH PROOF OF SHIPPING---NO EXCEPTIONS! Books are returnable if misdescribed; we must be notified within 48 hours of receipt if making a return. We conform to accepted ABAA grading. "First edition" means "first printing" unless noted; if it doesn't say it has a jacket then it doesn't; faults such as ownership signatures, price clipping, etc. will be noted in the listing. Member ABAA, ILAB, ABNJ.
Sobre o Vendedor
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Membro de Biblio desde 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
Sobre The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....