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Excuse it Please
by Oliver Herford
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Indeed/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Philidelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1929. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed/Very Good. 8" by 5". Oliver Herford. The first edition of this collection of poetry, written and illustrated by Oliver Herford and in the uncommon dust wrapper. The first edition, first printing. In the publisher's original cloth with the original uncommon dust wrapper. Illustrated by the author with a monochrome frontispiece and fill page monochrome illustrations. This collection of humorous poetry was written by Anglo-American writer and artist, Oliver Herford. In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally very smart with a slight lean, light fading to the spine and minimal shelf wear. The wrap is very smart with sunning to the spine, a closed tear to the rear, minor handling marks to the rear and minimal closed tears and small chips to the extremities. Front hinge starting after the front free endpaper. Internally firmly bound with clean and generally bright pages. Very Good Indeed
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 909Z23
- Title
- Excuse it Please
- Author
- Oliver Herford
- Illustrator
- Oliver Herford
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Indeed
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Place of Publication
- Philidelphia
- Date Published
- 1929
- Size
- 8" by 5"
- Keywords
- First edition Oliver Herford Illustrated Dust wrapper Oliver Herford Humour Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
Biblio member since 2007
BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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