A Quail in Aspic
by Beaton, Cecil
First American Edition
Price: $75.00
- Bookseller: Lux Mentis, Booksellers
- Seller Inventory #: 1876
- Format: Hardcover
- Edition: First American Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Bobbs Merrill
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1963
Book Description
New York: Bobbs Merrill, 1963. First American Edition. Hardcover. Small strip of sun fading along top edge, else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ shows very minor shelf wear, light rubbing along foldover edge and hinge folds, price clipped, else bright and clean. Quarterbound, purple cloth spine, orange paper boards, gilt lettering and decorative elements. 8vo. 172pp. Illus. (b/w plates). A wonderful spoof of High Society revolving around the life of Count Charles Korsetz. Photos by Cecil Beaton. Chapter head drawings are attributed to Edward Gorey. A very handsome copy.
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