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FIFTY-ONE TALES.
by DUNSANY, Lord
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company., 1920.. Fourth American edition.. Fourth American edition. Octavo. Red cloth boards gilt titles on front cover and spine, in dust jacket. 138 pages. Publisher's device on title page. Ink name and date (1921) on front free endpaper, small pen initials to upper corner of rear free endpaper [FVS - Franklin Victor Spellman] Gilt lettering on spine oxidized, slight dampstain to upper page margins, otherwise a nice clean copy in the very scarce printed dust jacket which has small edge tears, some old cellophane tape support on the verso, and a partially chipped price label ($1.65) on the spine panel. Overall a very good book in a somewhat worn dust jacket. In this book... "'The Poet Speaks with Earth' is removed and 'The Mist' is substituted. Contents are slightly rearranged in the British and American editions." - Joshi and Schweitzer, page 6.
¶ Joshi & Schweitzer 1A.9.c.3.
¶ Joshi & Schweitzer 1A.9.c.3.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thompson Rare Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 310060
- Title
- FIFTY-ONE TALES.
- Author
- DUNSANY, Lord
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth American edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown, and Company.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1920.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Thompson Rare Books
Biblio member since 2003
Hornby Island, British Columbia
About Thompson Rare Books
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Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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