The Death of the Heart - SIGNED by the Author
by Bowen, Elizabeth
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Gollancz, 1938. Hardcover. Very Good. A first edition, first printing published by Gollancz in 1938. A very good+ book (small tear to head of spine) with one previous owner's bookplate to the ffep. Some spotting to the page edges. The book has been SIGNED by the Author to an official 'The Book Society' bookplate which has been pasted to the front endpaper as called for. In a very good unclipped wrapper with browning to the spine and some light restoration to the foot of the spine. Some rubbing to edges, but a presentable copy.
Synopsis
Elizabeth Bowen was born in Dublin in 1899. She wrote many acclaimed novels, including The Heat of the Day and Eva Trout . She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1948. She died in 1973.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John Atkinson Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10200
- Title
- The Death of the Heart - SIGNED by the Author
- Author
- Bowen, Elizabeth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Fiction;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John Atkinson Books
Biblio member since 2008
Harrogate, North Yorkshire
About John Atkinson Books
Offering rare and unique signed books not available elsewhere with constant changes in stock. Our showroom holds 100 rare first editions
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...