Odd John (First Issue With Earliest Binding, In Original Dj)
Language: English
Published by London: Methuen, 1935, 1935
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
AbeBooks seller since August 25, 1999
Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 3,500.00
Quantity: 1 available
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Light Blue Boards. First Edition, First Impression, First Issue (Satty & Smith A6.1.1.1), In Earliest Binding: Light Blue Cloth (19.1 Cm Tall) With Dark Blue Spine Printing, With Earliest Ads At Rear Dated May 1935. Dustjacket Is First Issue, Still Priced 7S6p At Lower Front Flap, No Later Issue Price Reduction Stamps Or Labels. The Dustjacket In Blue, Pink, White, Tan, And Black Has What Is Reportedly Stapledon's Own Striking Bust-Length Design For The Eric Fraser Illustration Of The Title Character. A Very Good, Tight Copy. Book Lightly Foxed. Previous Owner's Gift Inscription Dated Christmas 1935, Unsigned. Dj With Edge Wear, Chipping At Corners, Spine Lightly Faded, All Lettering Still Present And Clear, Front Panel Fairly Bright And Unfaded. One Of The Scarcest English 20Th Century Sf/Fantasy First Editions In Jacket; Copies With The Original Price Are Rare, Particularly Without Later Price Reduction Labels/Stamps.
Seller Inventory # 018864
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Odd John (First Issue With Earliest Binding, In Original Dj)
- Author
- Stapledon, Olaf
- Publisher
- London: Methuen, 1935
- Publication year
- 1935
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Good Dustjacket
- Binding
- Blue Cloth
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Dustjacket Designed By Stapledon
- Edition
- First Edition, First Issue
- Seller catalogs
- Literature: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Utopian, Rare And Unusual Books
Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.
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Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
CA, U.S.A.
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