The Turn Of the Screw.
by James, Henry; Mariette Lydis (illustr.); Saul and Lillian Marks (printers)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, Plantin Press, 1949.. 4to. 145 pp. Very Good, Tan Decorative Cloth with some sun-staining especially along spine, shelf wear, rubbing. Provenance: John Ruyle, his bookplate inside cover. With an Introduction by Carl Van Doren. Illustrations printed in gravure by The Photogravure & Color Company of New York. One of 1500 copies, Publisher's Copy according to penciled note on FFEP.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15-4866
- Title
- The Turn Of the Screw.
- Author
- James, Henry; Mariette Lydis (illustr.); Saul and Lillian Marks (printers)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, Plantin Press, 1949.
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- Literature & Linguistics;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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About the Seller
Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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- Cloth
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- New
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- Shelf Wear
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- Rubbing
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- Spine
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- FFEP
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