Beerbohm Tree: His Life and Laughter.
by Hesketh Pearson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Methuen and Co, 1956. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1956. First Published. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth and gilt lettering. Contains black and white photographic plates throughout. Binding remains firm. Pages remain bright with minimal tanning and light foxing. Noticeable tanning to text block edges. Pencil inscription to front free end paper. Plates are clear, with slight tanning. Boards have light edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Mild crushing to spine ends. Corners are slightly bumped. Unclipped jacket. Jacket has moderate edge-wear with chips, tears, and creasing. Price sticker on rear panel.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1661963982DPB
- Title
- Beerbohm Tree: His Life and Laughter.
- Author
- Hesketh Pearson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Methuen and Co
- Date Published
- 1956
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...