Hortensius Friend of Nero [Signed]
by Pargeter, Edith [Ellis Peters]
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
UK: Lovat Dickson, 1936. The author's scarce first book, true first printing, set in Ancient Rome; signed 'with best wishes' by author opposite the title page; purple cloth with gilt design of Caesar's head on the front, illustrations to chapter heads and title page by Farleigh, book is cocked, some wear/rubbing to cover, wear/pushing to corners and spine ends, fading of gilt lettering to spine, dust to edges, front and rear endpapers have been strengthened with strips of white linen-effect tape, foxing marks to endpapers, first free endpaper is clipped diagonally at the top, internally predominantly very good, no d/w. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Farleigh.
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- Bookseller
- Nigel Sustins Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004819
- Title
- Hortensius Friend of Nero [Signed]
- Author
- Pargeter, Edith [Ellis Peters]
- Illustrator
- John Farleigh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lovat Dickson
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- Pargeter Hortensius Friend Nero Rome Signed Shropshire Par1
- Bookseller catalogs
- Modern Firsts;
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Nigel Sustins Books
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SHREWSBURY, Shropshire
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
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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....
- 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...
- 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
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