Good-bye Mr. Chips.
by HILTON, James
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton,, 1934. First edition in book form, first impression, of the author's best known work, here in exceedingly fresh condition with the scarce wraparound band. Good-bye Mr. Chips was originally published as a supplement to The British Weekly the preceding year. Octavo. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, decorated endpapers. With pictorial dust jacket. A near-fine copy, the jacket a little rubbed at extremities, with only slight dust-soiling, and the wraparound band preserved.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 149844
- Title
- Good-bye Mr. Chips.
- Author
- HILTON, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: Hodder & Stoughton,
- Date Published
- 1934
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.
Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...