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Mare Nostrum (Our Sea).: A Novel. Authorised translation from the Spanish by Charlotte Brewster Jordan.
by IBAÑEZ, Vicente Blasco
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton,, 1919. Inscribed by the author to a noted collector First edition in English, first printing, presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title verso by the author: "Dedicated to Mr George T. Keating. Vicente Blasco Ibañez. New York, November 10, 1919." The recipient was George Keating (1892-1976), a noted collector: his Conrad collection, generally regarded as the finest in the world, is currently held in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University. Mare Nostrum, first published in Spanish in 1916, was translated by Charlotte Brewster Jordan (1862-c.1932), perhaps best known for her English translation of Ibañez's Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse, published the year prior to this. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine and front board lettered in gilt. With dust jacket. Housed in a custom green linen chemise and green crushed quarter morocco slipcase. A superb copy in the scarce jacket, short closed tear to head of spine and front panel, fresh and remarkably bright.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142296
- Title
- Mare Nostrum (Our Sea).
- Author
- IBAÑEZ, Vicente Blasco
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: E. P. Dutton,
- Date Published
- 1919
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Octavo
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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- Morocco
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