The Scarlet Tree
by Osbert Sitwell
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
The Reprint Society, 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1947. This Edition. 334 pages. No dust jacket. Grey cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Some creasing to gutter. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible sunning to spine and edges. Bleaching to rear board.Textblock is shaky.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1663955538LEE
- Title
- The Scarlet Tree
- Author
- Osbert Sitwell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Reprint Society
- Date Published
- 1947
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.