The Collected Works of Samuel Butler (Shrewsbury Edition)
by Butler,Samuel (Edited By Henry Festing Jones and A.T. Bartholomew)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
- Seller
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape. Jonathan Cape.Publisher 1923-1926.This is a 20 Volume set (Shrewsbury Edition) bound in blue buckram with cream vellum spines,gilt titles to spines.Tissue guards to plates.There is some dulling and lightly spotting to some spines.Patterened endpapers with half titles, frontispieces.The works are uncut to top edges in places with gilt along top edges of the set.This is overall a very good set and is numbered 53 of 750 printed of which 375 of the run were for distribution in the British Empire and the remaining 375 were bound for the United States and published by Dutton.All bindings remain firm with no hinge weakness and the contents are clean internally.20 volumes so extra postage will be requested. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1923.
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- Bookseller
- Richard Thornton Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67761
- Title
- The Collected Works of Samuel Butler (Shrewsbury Edition)
- Author
- Butler,Samuel (Edited By Henry Festing Jones and A.T. Bartholomew)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1923
- Size
- 8vo - over 4¾" - 5&f
- Keywords
- SAMUEL BUTLER
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Richard Thornton Books
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Ribble Valley, Lancashire
About Richard Thornton Books
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- 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...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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