The Aloe
by MANSFIELD, Katherine
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Constable, 1930. First Edition. First printing. Octavo. Publisher's light brown buckram, stamped in gilt; plain endpapers; [viii],[164]pp. Chapter decorative initials printed in red. Bookseller's ticket of The Holliday Bookshop at rear. Tight and sound, lightly rubbed, spine darkened, minor fading to edges of boards, foxing to endleaves, but generally a straight, handsome copy: Very Good.
A longer version of Manfield's story "Prelude," written during WWI and issued after her death in an edition of only 750 copies. KIRKPATRICK A11.
A longer version of Manfield's story "Prelude," written during WWI and issued after her death in an edition of only 750 copies. KIRKPATRICK A11.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56970
- Title
- The Aloe
- Author
- MANSFIELD, Katherine
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Constable
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Fiction; Women;
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....