Reputation for a Song. [Book Society edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
by GRIERSON Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Thakeham, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Chatto & Windus [and] Book Society,, [1952]. 8vo., First Edition thus, some light offsetting from fold-ins to free endpapers, top mildly spotted; red patterned cloth, gilt back, a bright, clean copy in unclipped, lightly rubbed dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front paste-down. Published simultaneously with the first edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Island Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35284
- Title
- Reputation for a Song. [Book Society edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
- Author
- GRIERSON Edward
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus [and] Book Society,
- Date Published
- [1952]
- Keywords
- modern first editions, modern firsts, grierson, edward grierson
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About the Seller
Island Books
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Thakeham, West Sussex
About Island Books
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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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...