Jimbo: A Fantasy
by Blackwood, Algernon
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Bromsgrove, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: MacMillan, 1909. First edition. Hardback.The fourth book and first novel by the early master of the supernatural. Half leather binding of blue cloth covers. Some rubbing and marks on leather but book is still intact. 5" by nearly 8". The gilt lettering on the spine is still VG. Top edge gilt. No DW. Foxing on front and rear endpages. Marbled inside front and end covers. Elegant book plate of Mill House school inside front cover. This records that the book was presented to the school by E. E. Pralle in November 1913. 258 pages. No other inscriptions. Decorative circular borders enclosing each chapter number were designed by Edith Richardson. "Jimbo is one of the best of Blackwood's studies of the peculiar horrors and ecstacies of childhood." Bleiler. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Edward Hellawell
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 834
- Title
- Jimbo: A Fantasy
- Author
- Blackwood, Algernon
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: MacMillan, 1909
- Keywords
- Novel; Fantasy; Supernatural; Childhood; QSE
Terms of Sale
David Edward Hellawell
I will refund the cost if the book is returned within 7 days with details of where the description was faulty.
About the Seller
David Edward Hellawell
Biblio member since 2007
Bromsgrove, West Midlands
About David Edward Hellawell
Professor Emeritus now selling off the stock of a lifetime.
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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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
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