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The Dark Daughters
by DAVIES, Rhys; BARLOW, A. E. (dust jacket)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1947. Cloth. Very Good. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. Original black cloth, spine lettered in silver. Faint mottling, spotting to leading edge. Else, clean and tight. In A. E. Barlow's black dust jacket, lettered in pink: gently rubbed and soiled, chipping to spine ends and top corner of front panel. Still, a pleasing copy of the novel Davies deemed his best, a reworking of Shakespeare's King Lear. Very good/ good+
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Details
- Bookseller
- Quair Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2632
- Title
- The Dark Daughters
- Author
- DAVIES, Rhys; BARLOW, A. E. (dust jacket)
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1947
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
Terms of Sale
Quair Books
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About the Seller
Quair Books
Biblio member since 2019
Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Quair Books
Based in West Yorkshire, Quair Books specialises in modern literary and visual cultures, particularly alternative, different and radical authors/ artists, presses and histories. We hold a small general stock, with a focus on unusual, interesting and beautiful books, as well as significant books in the history of ideas. Find us online at: quairbooks.co.uk; email us on: quairbooks@gmail.com and Twitter: @quairbooks.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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