Private and Public [signed]
by Ivens, Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Villiers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. First Edition. Hardback. Dust jacket stiff but sunned on spine and at spine edges of both panels, minute watermark stains on front panel; Red cloth boards clean and sharp with minimal shelving wear at base of spine, gilt lettering bright; Edges a touch dusty, but pages otherwise internally clean and crisp with no annotation, dedication by author on ffep; Binding tight. Overall a very nice, signed First Edition copy with minimal wear. ; 5.75 x 8.75"; 67 pages; Signed by Author .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walden Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49404
- Title
- Private and Public [signed]
- Author
- Ivens, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Villiers
- Date Published
- 1968
Terms of Sale
Walden Books
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About the Seller
Walden Books
Biblio member since 2010
London, Greater London
About Walden Books
Second-hand and antiquarian booksellers since 1977, in present shop since 1979, open Thurs-Sunday, with an emphasis on History of Art and Architecture, Photography, Literature and Poetry, Literary Biography and Criticism and the the History of London.
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...