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The death of Captain Nemo : a narrative poem / by Robert Hillyer.
LIBRA PS3515.I69 D43 1949
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LIBRA 811 H555D
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Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC9 H5600 949d
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Mills, Emma (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Flaccus, Kimball, 1911-1972 (inscription) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Hillyer, Robert, 1895-1961 (autograph) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, viii, 57 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- [First edition].
- Manufacture:
- Norwood, Mass. : Composed, printed, and bound by The Plimpton Press.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1949.
- Notes:
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."
- "The text of this book is set in Estienne, a Linotype face designed by George W. Jones, the eminent English printer, and named in honour of the Estienne family."
- Black cloth boards lettered in gilt on spine. Front cover has blind stamped decoration; back cover has Borzoi Books emblem stamped in blind in lower right hand corner.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Culture Class Collection copy "For Emma Mills with affection from her old friend. Robert Hillyer 1 September 1949".
- Culture Class Collection copy inscribed "This copy of my best work re-inscribed for Kimball Flaccus. Robert Hillyer, 12 September 1956".
- OCLC:
- 1367733
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