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THE WORKS OF SIR THOMAS BROWN E(VOL.1): Religio Medici, Christian Morals, A Letter to a Friend [SIGNED]
by Browne, Sir Thomas; Geoffrey Keynes (editor)
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Long Beach, Washington, United States
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About This Item
London: FARBER & GWYER LIMITED, 1928 188 numbered pgs.+4. HB. One of a limited edition of 210 on Klemscott paper, this is No. 91. Signed by Keynes on registration page. From the collection of David Wight Prall, Professor of aesthetics and philosophy at Berkeley and Harvard, his bookplate pasted to ep. Pages: clean, bright, tight, t.e.g., cream eps, f.e./b.e. deckled, frontis; no defects. Cover: deep violet, gilt titles spine; lt shelfwear, spine faded yet legible, sm scuff front, extremities lightly rubbed. Very nice, but sadly, the 3-volume set is incomplete.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020177
- Title
- THE WORKS OF SIR THOMAS BROWN E(VOL.1): Religio Medici, Christian Morals, A Letter to a Friend [SIGNED]
- Author
- Browne, Sir Thomas; Geoffrey Keynes (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited and Registered Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- FARBER & GWYER LIMITED
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1928
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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