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The Plaster Fabric
by GOFF, Martyn
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+/VG
- Seller
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Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Putnam, 1957. 1st Edition. Hardcover. VG+/VG. 1st Edition. 12.8 x 20 cm black boards with gilt stamped titles to the spine. Top edge yellow, 255[1]pp, with original unclipped dust jacket designed by John Minton and priced at 15s. net. Clean boards with just a hint of toning to the titles on the spine. Firm corners and just a hint of pushing to the foot of the spine. Internally clean, without name, inscription or bookplate and just a touch of toning and spotting to the fore edge of the text block. The dust jacket, which is now protected in a removable clear cover (not shown), and presents well. It is a little toned and marked in the white areas particularly on the rear panel. The spine tips and corners are a little rubbed with minimal loss and a couple of closed tears with associated light creasing. All in all a very good looking 1st Edition copy of this influential novel that focussed on homosexuality at a time when is was still illegal in the UK. Goff was later influential as administrator of the Booker Prize and was key in making it possibly the most influential literary award in the UK. Rainford & Parris Books welcomes enquiries, so please do not hesitate to ask if you require further images or have any questions. All books are packaged with great care.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 201979
- Title
- The Plaster Fabric
- Author
- GOFF, Martyn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+/VG
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Putnam
- Date Published
- 1957
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About the Seller
Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Biblio member since 2020
Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
About Rainford and Parris Books - PBFA
Rainford & Parris Books is a small family business based on the Hertfordshire / Essex border, close to London Stansted Airport. We are full time professional bookdealers specialising mainly in Modern First Editions, Children's Books, Illustrated Books and Nineteenth Century Literature, as well as assorted fine and interesting books. When describing our books we attempt to list all significant defects to a high degree of precision, so that you can build an accurate idea of their condition. We supplement our description with images and are always happy to provide further images or information. All books are very carefully packaged in a new book-box so that they reach you in the condition described.
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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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- VG+/VG
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a Very Good Condition dust jacket. Very Good Condition indicates a used...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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