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THE BLANKET OF THE DARK
by Buchan, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1931. first edition. hardcover. Good +. Octavo, green cloth covers with gilt titles on spine and gilt initial "B" on top cover. 314 pages plus 6 pages of ads for Buchan's books. Map on endpapers. No dust jacket. Wear at head and foot of spine and cover edges. Clipped autograph signature of John Buchan attached beneath the author's name on the title page. Buchan's bookplate, Elsfield Manor, Oxfordshire, attached to half title page. Studio
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020991
- Title
- THE BLANKET OF THE DARK
- Author
- Buchan, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- Hodder and Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1931
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Alkahest Books
Biblio member since 2012
Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
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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....
- First Edition
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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