Translated by lorimer hammond (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. First American edition. 256pp. Octavo [21 cm] 1/4 tan cloth with batik-style patterned paper over boards. Decorative endleaves. No dust jacket. Left side of spine label chipped. Small stain on surface of spine. From the collection of Berkeley book collector and letterpress printer John Ruyle. A work in the genre of fictional biography. Twenty-two portraits exploring figures who have occupied the margins of history, including Septima, Sufrah, Katherine the Lacemaker, Captain Kidd, and Major Stede-Bonnet (the Gentleman Pirate), among others.…

Hardcover. Zustand: NEAR FINE. Publisher: Boni and Liveright, New York, 1924. First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE in beige cloth and red patterned paper covered boards, as issued. Previous owner's contemporaneous signature and date (1924) on the FFEP. WeaR at the tips. Not remainder marked. Not book club edition. Not ex-library.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First Edition. . . . . First American edition. 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Good+ condition. Board edges moderately rubbed and bumped, two-inch old moisture stain to bottom spine edge; binding sturdy and tight, with no cracking at endpaper seams. Contents clean, no marking or writing. A rare first edition of speculative fiction. 256 pp.…