New York: Modern Library, 1936. Early Modern Library Printing. Hardcover. Very good in good jacket. John Koenig Jr's attractive Dr. Johnson bookplate ('Sir, a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind.') to front pastedown; Christmas 1936 inscription to front flyleaf; and pencil marginalia throughout. Textblock lightly browned at margins, with a bit of offsetting to a couple spreads. Covers fresh, binding square and tight. Jacket moderately worn at edges, spine panel toned, with two-thirds closed tear to front joint of spine panel.. 16mo. 4.5 x 6.75 in. 249 pp. + adverts. Toledano Binding Style No. 7, in brick red balloon cloth, Kent's flying torchbearer device in gilt to upper cover, gilt title and gilt ML device to spine, top edge red; orange Kent endpapers. Presented in publisher's red-banded typographic dust jacket, with 242 titles advertised on verso. Introduction by PAUL ELMER MORE. Toledano 46.1.

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Bookseller: Irving Book Company (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1358
Title: The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (Modern Library No. 46)
Author: GISSING, GEORGE
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very good in good jacket. John Koenig Jr's attractive Dr. Johnson bookplate ('Sir, a desire of knowledge is the natural feeling
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Early Modern Library Printing
Publisher: Modern Library
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1936

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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...
Device: Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
Marginalia: Marginalia, in brief, are notes written in the margins, or beside the text of a book by a previous owner. This is very...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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....
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...
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...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...