Rumour at Nightfall.
by GREENE, Graham
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: William Heinemann Ltd,, 1931. First edition, first impression. Octavo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, star design to front board blind stamped Spine slightly rolled and faded, boards a little rubbed and marked, bump to lower corner, some spotting to edges. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51819
- Title
- Rumour at Nightfall.
- Author
- GREENE, Graham
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London: William Heinemann Ltd,
- Date Published
- 1931
Terms of Sale
Peter Harrington
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...