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The Golden Carpet
by De Chair, Somerset
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. quarter green morocco and white linen cloth, backstrip evenly faded to brown. Raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt. Te
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1943. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. quarter green morocco and white linen cloth, backstrip evenly faded to brown. Raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt. Teg. Very good. 128 pages 25.5 x 20 cm. Printed by Christopher Sandford and Owen Rutter in 14pt. Perpetua type on Arnold's mould-made paper. Limited edition, copy 90 of 500. An account of the advance of the British Army from the Mediterranean to Baghdad, 1941. COCKALORUM. 155.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4106
- Title
- The Golden Carpet
- Author
- De Chair, Somerset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. quarter green morocco and white linen cloth, backstrip evenly faded to brown. Raised bands, backstrip lettered in gilt. Te
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Golden Cockerel Press
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Private Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Private Press; Books-on-Books; Travel; Military History;
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
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Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
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