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The Hard Journey: The myth of man's rebirth
by Matthews, Honor
- Used
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0701113065
- ISBN 13
- 9780701113063
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus, 1968. First Edition. hardcover. Matthews, Honor : The Hard Journey: The myth of man's rebirth. London : Chatto and Windus, Ltd, 1968. First edition/First impression. Size is octavo (8vo), 8.75"/22cm h. Bound in publisher's chocolate brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Matte color pictorial dj. Plain white endpapers. 208 numbered pp. Acknowl (in very tiny font!); prologue; sections on: Journey in the Ordered Universe, and Journey in Contemporary Society; epilogue, index. Notes passim. Condition notes: a solid, unmarked copy, slightly worn: spine just a bit cocked, ends rolled, corners bumped, edges slightly tanned. Dj heavily handled, with numerous tears, some repaired with ordinary tape, price-clipped. Quite an early appearance (1968) of an SBN: [0]701113065. We personally inspect every book we offer.
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- Bookseller
- Furrowed Brow Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 230508001
- Title
- The Hard Journey: The myth of man's rebirth
- Author
- Matthews, Honor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0701113065
- ISBN 13
- 9780701113063
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1968
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Furrowed Brow Books' goal is to offer an eclectic selection, while providing specialty offerings in Eastern Orthodoxy and Byzantine civilization, theology, Christian mysticism, science fiction/fantasy (Inklings emphasis), and military history.
We're happy to discuss making an offer on a collection in one of our specialty areas.
Dealer discount of 20%; we simply ask that you reciprocate with a discount of 20%.
Thanks for stopping by!
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- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- 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...
- 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...
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