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Progress at Pelvis Bay
by Osbert Lancaster
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1936. First edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8" by 6". None. The first edition of cartoonist Osbert Lancaster's fictionalised account of the gentrification of a seaside resort The first edition. Illustrated by Lancaster with monochrome line drawings. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. This work was written by Osbert Lancaster, an English cartoonist, historian and author. The novel is written from the point of view of an an enthusiastic and fictitious council employee, and features Lancaster's illustrations throughout. The work describes the town's metamorphosis from a poverty stricken fishing village to seaside metropolis. In the publisher's original quarter cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. Externally excellent with only minor handling marks. Light offsetting and cockling to the endpapers. The wrap is smart with sunning to the spine, handling marks, minor chips to the head of the spine and light spotting. A tidemark to the verso. Internally firmly bound with bright and generally clean pages with only the odd minor handling mark. Near Fine
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 900Z28
- Title
- Progress at Pelvis Bay
- Author
- Osbert Lancaster
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 8" by 6"
- Keywords
- First edition Osbert Lancaster Fiction novel Osbert Lancaster Seaside
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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