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The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times

The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times by ARKWRIGHT, William

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Title
The Pointer and His Predecessors: An Illustrated History of the Pointing Dog from the Earliest Times
Author
ARKWRIGHT, William
Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description
London: Arthur L. Humphreys, 1902. First, Limited Edition. One of 750 numbered copies specially bound, this being copy no.204. Thick quarto (33.5cm); sage green paper-covered boards and white cloth backstrip, with titles stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; top edge gilt; xii,236,[4]pp, with pictorial frontispiece and 39 plates of illustrations. Pictorial bookplate of Ancell Harrison Ball and Isabel Taylor Ball mounted to front pastedown, with a gift inscription to Ancell from Isabel directly above it: "A.H.B. from I.T.B. / Christmas 1903." Light external wear, sunning and dust-soil to backstrip, partial cracks to hinges (though still firm), with evidence of an old bookplate removed from front pastedown; contents clean and complete; Very Good, lacking the dustjacket. Housed in a custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. A substantial, richly illustrated history of the pointer dog breed. 89234.
[Offprint]: Vietnamese Oral Poetry

[Offprint]: Vietnamese Oral Poetry by BALABAN, John

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[Offprint]: Vietnamese Oral Poetry
Author
BALABAN, John
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Description
Austin, Texas: Literature East & West, 1975. Softcover. Fine. Offprint from the journal. Octavo. Paginated as it appeared in the journal p. 1217-1248. Stapled into illustrated orange wrappers. About fine. Explanation of Vietnamese poetry with some poems collected by the author. Balaban is a well-regarded American poet and translator of Vietnamese poetry who was a Quaker and conscientious objector during the War in Vietnam, but who volunteered to teach there until he was wounded in the Tet Offensive and was forced to evacuate. Offprints of this sort are usually compiled by the publishers in very small numbers for the author's use. *OCLC* locates no copies of this offprint.

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