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A Handful of Authors: Essays on Books and Writers
by Chesterton, G.K
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sheed & Ward, 1953. First UK edition. HC w DJ. PC VG/Good. Brown cloth, edgewear, gilt spine titling, FO plate to FPEP, FO ink name to half-title, binding sound. Unclipped DJ (10/6 net) edgewear heavy to tips, loss to fore-edge, spine crown & rear, rubbed, now in Brodart. Edited by Dorothy Collins PLEASE NOTE: We are happy to provide photos. Please contact us for any specific requests. BUYING AND SELLING USED AND RARE BOOKS FROM HISTORIC EAST NASHVILLE SINCE 2012.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Refuge Books: Used & Rare
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220075
- Title
- A Handful of Authors: Essays on Books and Writers
- Author
- Chesterton, G.K
- Format/Binding
- HC w DJ
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First UK edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sheed & Ward
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1953
- Pages
- 214
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Refuge Books: Used & Rare
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Nashville, Tennessee
About Refuge Books: Used & Rare
Refuge Books: Used & Rare. Buying and selling books in historic east Nashville, TN since 2012. Specializing in history, biography, Civil War, books on books, theology, Louisiana, the Inklings, G.K. Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers, Wendell Berry, Flannery O'Connor, George Macdonald, Thomas Mann, Madeleine L'Engle, and Frederick Buechner. We welcome any and all inquiries.Instagram: @refugebooks
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. 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...
- PC
- Partially chipped (dustjacket)
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...