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POEMS FOR CHILDREN. Signed by the author.
by DE LA MARE, Walter.:
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Constable, 1930.. FIRST EDITION 1930, LIMITED TO 125 NUMBERED COPIES SIGNED BY DE LA MARE, THIS BEING No. 44. 8vo, 235 x 150 mm, 9¼ x 5¾ inches, quarter undyed linen, gilt lettered and ruled morocco label to spine, grey marbled sides, top edges gilt, the others uncut, 264 pages. No illustrations. Very slight shelf wear to lower corners, prelims and last few pages lightly foxed, vertical crease to rear endpaper. Occasional very slight faint foxing to margins, contents very nice. Pages unopened. A very good plus copy. 20 of the poems appear here for the first time in book form and of those several had not been printed before. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE. FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47259
- Title
- POEMS FOR CHILDREN. Signed by the author.
- Author
- DE LA MARE, Walter.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- London, Constable, 1930.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- poems poetry walter de la mare signed limited edition children's poetry
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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....
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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