The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
by Virginia Woolf
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /No Jacket
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Hogarth Press. 2nd imp. (June 1942). 157pp. Original blue buckram with gilt titles to spine. VG copy, binding square and tight, some slight fading to spine and rear top edge, clean throughout, no jacket . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1942.
Synopsis
A highly acclaimed collection of twenty-eight essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of the author's work. "Up to the author's highest standard in a literary form that was most congenial to her" (Times Literary Supplement (London)). "Exquisitely written" (New Yorker); "The riches of this book are overwhelming" (Christian Science Monitor). Editorial Note by Leonard Woolf.
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- Bookseller
- Object Relations, IOBA (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021852
- Title
- The Death of the Moth and Other Essays
- Author
- Virginia Woolf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Hogarth Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1942
- Pages
- 157
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary Criticism;
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Glossary
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...