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Anatole France. Mother of Pearl. John Lane The Bodley Head, 1929.
Price: US$15.37 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: (Ref.F3 ) Black cloth boards with gilt titles to top front and spine. Gilt illustration also to front and lower spine. Red top edge. Slightly greyed. Yellowed rough cut foredge. Tanned endpapers and to prelim page edges. Contents otherwise unmarked.
Seller: Voltaire and Rousseau Bookshop, Glasgow, United Kingdom
France, Anatole. Mother of Pearl. John LaneThe Bodley Head LTD, London, 1929.
Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Description: 291p, Ill by John C. Pape', Translated by Frederic Chapman, decorative cloth, DW, Botton right corner slightly bumped, slipcase, VG+/VG+
Seller: Juniper Point Books, Round Lake, NY, U.S.A.
France, Anatole. MOTHER OF PEARL. John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1929.
Price: US$23.06 + shipping
Description: 291pp, ads. 12 full page black & white illustrations by Frank C Pape. Black cloth, gilt Size: Large 8vo
Seller: THOMAS RARE BOOKS, Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom
ANATOLE FRANCE. MOTHER OF PEARL 1929 FIRST ILLUSTRATED EDITION. John Lane and The Bodley Head, 1929.
Price: US$24.99 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: This 291 page book was printed in 1929 by John Lane and The Bodley Head. Illustrated by Frank C. Pape, prior printings of this title had no illustrations, and thus, this is the First Illustrated Edition. In VERY GOOD + condition. It lists to $94.00 online. --- THE PHOTO IS A STOCK IMAGE -- NOT A PHOTO OF THIS COPY !!
Seller: R. J. Books, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
France, Anatole. Mother of Pearl. London: John Lane/The Bodley Head; (1929), 1929.
Price: US$25.00 + shipping
Description: First illustrated edition, very good in a very good dust jacket. Minor dampstain at top corner of pages only visible on the first few pages and the first few glossy pages with full page illustrations. A little shelfwear to edges of boards. The black jacket has small chips at top of spine and top front corner. A tight copy, usually not seen with the jacket.
Seller: Tulsa Books, Tulsa, OK, U.S.A.
Anatole France. Mother of Pearl. John Lane The Bodley Head, London & New York, 1929.
Price: US$25.62 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Illustrated edition of book first published in 1908. Gilt titles and decorations with some wear to cloth.
Seller: Babushka Books & Framers, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Price: US$25.88 + shipping
Description: vii. + 291pp. + ads 8vo Black & white illustrations & decorations by Frank C. Pape. Black cloth, pictorial endpapers. Translated by Frederic Chapman. Ex-library, header worn away, cloth cracked 2" along front joint: VG-/no dj.
Seller: Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
France, Anatole. MOTHER OF PEARL. John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, London: 1929, 1929.
Price: US$31.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First illustrated edition bound in black pictorial gilt cloth, lightly rubbed with spine tips showing wear, a very good copy without dust jacket
Seller: The Antiquarian Shop, Bend, OR, U.S.A.
Anatole France. Mother of Pearl. John Lane The Bodley Head LTD., London, 1929.
Price: US$35.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 291 pp + 4 p ads, b/w illustrations, the book and contents are clean and tight with some very light and scattered foxing at extremeties, the covers are tight, they have some light wear and scuffing, dust jacket has some scattered soil and corner wear.
Seller: Yesterday's Books, Richmond, IN, U.S.A.
Price: US$38.43 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Very attractive illustrated edition, first thus. 12 b/w plates and in-text illustrations by Frank C. Papé. Black cloth, gilt titles and illustrations, top edge red, other edges untrimmed, endpapers illustrated in blue. Dustjacket with grey titles and illustrations. Condition: Very good. Little edgewear. Gilt bright. Offsetting to feps and adjacent pages. Internally clean and bright. Dj with surface marks and edge crumpling. Now in removable plastic sleeve. Size: 9.5x7in / 24x18cm. 291pp. Weight: 980g.
Seller: Paperworks, Plymouth, United Kingdom
France, Anatole. Mother of Pearl.. John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1929.
Price: US$41.48 + shipping
Condition: Fair
Description: Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Price: US$64.04 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First Illustrated Edition. Illustrated with 12 B&W Full-Page Plates and other Decorations. Black cloth cover with bright Gilt illus.of Mermaid & Fish on front. Same design in Silver on Jacket. Endpapers illustrated with Mermaid and Merman. Top page edges Red, other edges untrimmed. Many pages still uncut so this copy is probably unread, 291 p.pages, 1 Kilo, 9 3/4" Tall. No inscriptions except old penciled price on back of ffep. Merman on ffep has some browning which shows on half-title page. Weighs over 1 Kilo packed so shipping Outside UK may be a little extra.
Seller: Bay Books, Penzance, United Kingdom
France, Anatole. Mother of Pearl. The Bodley Head Company, 1929.
Price: US$80.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES Good or Better hardcover, minor foxing on inside cover, minor wear to spine, 291 pages, sm4to
Seller: Robinson Street Books, IOBA, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A.