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Diplomatic Conclusions.: A Novel.
by PEYREFITTE, Roger
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Thames and Hudson,, 1954. First edition in English, first impression. The novel was first published in French as La Fin des Ambassades in 1953, and this is the first translation by Edward Hyams is the first into English. Octavo. Original black cloth, titles to spine in gilt, motif to centre of front board in gilt. With dust jacket. Spine rolled and ends rubbed, but binding firm, faint offsetting to endpapers and spots to textblock edges, but internally clean; a very good copy in the jacket, spine faded and chipped at head with several closed tears and creases, edges toned, flaps creased.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140717
- Title
- Diplomatic Conclusions.
- Author
- PEYREFITTE, Roger
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Thames and Hudson,
- Date Published
- 1954
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
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